Globally more festivals and event spaces are starting to use clean alternatives such as hydrogen as a fuel to power operations. At a standard festival supported by fossil fuel-powered applications, it’s estimated that each attendee and worker could generate a footprint of 25kg of carbon dioxide (CO2).
The UK’s biggest festival, Glastonbury, reported a ‘net positive impact’ on the climate, emitting a reduction of 596.25 tonnes of CO2e from the 200,000 people attending over the course of five days. In comparison, according to The Eco Experts, the same volume would be responsible for 17,260 tonnes of CO2 if they didn’t attend, proving that large-scale events can be decarbonised.
The festival consumes around 30,000kW, which results in 14.7 tonnes of CO2e, and uses 126 back-up generators, adding another 0.96 tonnes of CO2e; UWE and Glastonbury discovered that many of the machines were too large, and stayed on for too long, so now, instead of running them constantly, they only switch them on for two-to-four hours per day.
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