Ultra’s battery-powered triumph: ‘This is the future of live’

Ultra Music Festival’s sustainability director has hailed battery-powered systems as “the future of live events” after successfully deploying a zero-emission power unit for a main stage.

Last month, the major electronic event made history as the first of its kind in the US to power a stage with a zero-emission battery system. Organisers utilised a SmartGrid battery system from Showpower, the sustainability pioneers who helped power Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour, to energise its RESISTANCE Cove…

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