MARCH | SECTOR FOCUS
emerging fuel oil options and
hybrid solutions allowing us to
work with fluctuating energy
costs:
“All our site lighting options
are expanding with a greater
emphasis on LED solutions
inherently lowering power
requirements. To meet noise
regulations where power is
supplied 24 hours per day we
deploy silenced generators
in combination with battery
storage technologies, greatly
reducing issues for any
residential areas which may fall
within close proximity of an
event.
“To help organisers manage
fuel demand we continually
monitor power consumption
at all sites and employ remote
monitoring solutions to ensure
that the generators supplied
are not oversized and to keep
performance at it’s best.
“Accurate data recording
of power usage over time is
invaluable as this information
is key to subsequent event
designs.”
Brown says that hybrid
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“We’re really lucky that we have so many good,
and varied clients from independent festivals ”
solutions are an exciting
technology his company
are deploying. “There’s a
balance between the better
environmental performance
they can offer, increased
transport emissions for
transporting more equipment to
site and the ever-present budget
demands.
“To ensure we’re doing more
good than harm we need to have
detailed knowledge of the loads
which we’ll be supplying.
“Data logging and analysis is
coming to the fore - clients are
increasingly expecting us to
show them where the energy
has been used and to show
them that we’re specifying our
systems appropriately.
“We’re beginning to be able to
feed data gathered in previous
years into our planning.
Emissions regulations will
continue to drive change in
generator technology to reduce
emissions.”
In terms of new innovations,
Whitecross says, RS Power
has integrated battery storage
solutions into oits design where
information has been detailed
enough to do so confidently:
“Technology improvements
in this area is allowing us to
deliver larger power supplies
for a longer period of time.
It is becoming more cost
effective to deploy however
the implementation of battery
storage in the industry is still at
the willingness for the organiser
to pay a premium for this
service.”
Ultimately, being greener has
helped keep clients happy. “It
sounds trite,” says Brown, “but
we take pride in all of our jobs.
We’re probably most pleased
that we’ve been gaining new
clients while retaining our loyal
client base – some of whom we
have worked with for thirty
years.
“We’re really lucky that we
have so many good, and varied
clients from independent
festivals to larger concert series
to large festivals. We’re proud
that our crews will go out and
deliver the same excellent
service whether you’re having
a wedding in your back garden
or inviting 50,000 paying
customers onto your festival
site.
“We’re really grateful to be
trusted time and again to go
into sensitive locations and
deliver the goods without
damaging the unique venues we
are working in - whether they
are Sites of Special Scientific
Interest, stately homes or
historic buildings.”