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The festivals searching for greener ways to rock


Music festivals need a lot of electricity, but plugging into greener sources is not easy or cheap.

Installed by Ocotpus Energy, the turbine, along with solar panels and a battery, supplied a small grid with enough electricity to run 300 fridges a day. Claire O'Neill, co-founder and chief executive of A Greener Future, and co-author of the European Green roadmap, says all industries have to change, including the festival sector. "Regulatory scrutiny of green marketing claims is at an all-time high, and the UK's consumer regulators are taking proactive steps to tackle greenwashing through increased enforcement action."

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