Coldplay and Showpower nominated as Green Guardians for 2024 by IQ magazine
In the first part of IQ’s annual eco-warrior roundup, Coldplay and Showpower are also named alongside Pixmob, Artists Step Up, FEAT.Live and EarthPercent. Green Guardians is the annual recognition of those eco-warriors and innovators at the forefront of the battle to make the live entertainment industry more sustainable. The Green Guardians is spearheaded by IQ Magazine and […]
Showpower Global B.V. partners with Global Citizen to switch festival stage to battery power during Climate Week NYC 2024
This year, the Global Citizen Festival is taking a monumental step in sustainability. For the first time, the Central Park stage will be entirely powered by the Showpower SmartGrid battery system, the same innovative technology designed and developed for Coldplay’s ‘Music of the Spheres’ world tour. In partnership with Showpower Global B.V., CES Power, and Equitable Earth, […]
Lollapalooza To Make History As First Major U.S. Festival To Power Main Stage Solely On Batteries
Showpower Global B.V. is very proud to announce that our CEO and Co-Founder Paul Schurink was chosen to manage the power and energy across all 4 days and nights of Lollapalooza Chicago 2024 ensuring a smooth operation and enabling 80% less running hours of the generators. Making this achievement even more impacting, the innovation was […]
Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour Emissions Update – June 3, 2024
We’re very happy to see Coldplay’s latest Tour Emissions Update that direct carbon emissions from the first two years of their tour are 59% less than their previous stadium tour (2016-17), achieving their pledge to reduce direct carbon emissions by at least 50%.