How ACL plans to make stages more emission friendly this year [Video]

The IHG Hotel and Resorts Stage, as well as some backstage areas and lounges, will be powered on a hybrid battery system that will greatly decrease generator use.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival is looking at new ways to be sustainable, and this year, that means powering one stage in a way they’ve never done before that’s set to save fuel and cut down on emissions.

The IHG Hotel and Resorts Stage, as well as some backstage areas and lounges, will be powered on a hybrid-battery system. C3P Presents, the event management company that puts on ACL Music Festival, compared the system to a hybrid car.

“There’s batteries that are paired with a generator, diesel generator engines that are running on biodiesel, and the batteries are powering everything,” said Jake Perry, the Director of Operations and Sustainability for C3 Presents.

When battery power starts to run low, generators will automatically kick on …

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