ECOTRICITY
ECOTRICITY
HEADQUARTERS: GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK
Grid Faeries is on a mission to make festivals greener by providing battery power in the short term- an onsite source of clean electricity. Alongside this, it investigates the installation of permanent grid connections and provides funded solutions.
The energy solution Powering a festival stage requires substantial energy, historically supplied by diesel generators. At LIDO, a multifaceted approach is emerging, with emphasis shifting to electrification.
“ Battery units – charged from renewable energy sources – are powering our main stage,” Sam explains. The festival has negotiated contracts with Ecotricity X Grid Faeries, a UK renewable supplier, ensuring that electricity fed into the site, and into batteries, is wind farm-sourced.
“ What we’ re really here to do is to take the diesel out of festivals, gigs and live sporting events,”
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