By Richard Cadena
It wasn’t that long ago that using batteries to power stage lighting, audio, and video was virtually unheard of. It was 2023 when I first worked on a show that used large banks of batteries and solar panels for that purpose.
We supplied the power on three stages at Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion in Austin, Texas, including a Stageline 320 portable stage and two smaller stages. After we set everything up, I took a picture of one of the solar farms and some of the battery energy storage units and posted it online. Most of the live event community was very
supportive and positive. But a few people were very skeptical, to say the least, and some were confused.
“Solar will never be reliable enough, and batteries will never be cheap enough,” said one person.
“One day, just not one day soon,” said another.
“The sooner this pointless fad dies, the better off we’ll be.”
You get the idea.
These reactions caught me by surprise, especially because I wasn’t posting about an imaginary project or some project in the distant future. It was already happening. By the time people said it couldn’t be done, we were already doing it.
Read the full review in Lighting&Sound America magazine
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