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Why Music Festivals Are Turning to Batteries In a Bid For Sustainability
Festivals are experimenting with batteries to power stages and more. But how sustainable are they — and how long until the industry gets on board?
At the 2023 edition of Willie Nelson ’s Luck Reunion near Austin, Texas, the REVERB team powered all four stages with batteries, setting up a temporary on-site solar array to charge them. Crothers is currently exploring how to make these batteries into backup power for the venues he co-owns, given that the concert series only happens a few times a month due to the weather. Perry of C3 says that after the success of 2024, Lollapalooza will likely roll out additional battery usage incrementally, ultimately working to entirely replace the roughly 70 generators on-site annually.
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