Kardinia Energy’s Printed Solar Makes North American Debut at Coldplay’s Stanford Stadium Shows

Kardinia Energy, the Australian innovator behind the world's first fully recyclable printed solar technology, marked its first North American deployment at Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour performances at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, CA on May 31 and June 1. This milestone activation is one of the largest deployments to-date of mobile, recyclable solar at a live concert in the US, helping set a new sustainability benchmark for the entertainment industry.

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Kardinia Printed Solar deployed at Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour in Stanford. Photo credit: Anna Lee Media

The Stanford deployment showcases Kardinia's next-generation Printed Solar technology, which is specifically engineered for environments where traditional photovoltaic panels face physical or economic constraints. Unlike conventional panels, Kardinia's modules weigh just 300 grams per square meter, are flexible enough to be draped over stadium seating, easily rolled up for transportation, and can be installed by a two-person crew in under two hours.

Kardinia Printed Solar uses easily-sourced, non silicon-based materials, enabling localized manufacturing that bypasses supply chains and economic constraints imposed by traditional PV modules. The technology also presents the benefit of production in a low-cost, highly adaptable roll-to-roll printing process, with the modules in use on the Music of the Spheres World Tour having been produced on machinery originally utilized for wine label making. By offering a technology that is fully recyclable as well, Kardinia demonstrates how clean energy can be rapidly deployed, packed away and redeployed as needed, unlocking new possibilities for the deployment of solar energy in a wide range of settings.

Kardinia Printed Solar will remain in use across multiple dates for the Music of the Spheres World Tour, including upcoming performances in Las Vegas, NV, El Paso, TX, Miami, FL and Foxborough, MA. The system's modular, plug-and-play design enables seamless integration with Coldplay’s existing portable battery storage infrastructure which powers the “C Stage” and backstage operations with renewable energy.

“Coldplay challenged us to deliver a solar solution that was truly mobile, sustainable and capable of traveling with the tour,” said Anthony Letmon, Co-founder and CEO of Kardinia Energy. “Stanford is the first real-world demonstration of how Printed Solar can be rolled out on a massive scale, in hours, with zero waste and no heavy infrastructure. This is a blueprint for how music and science can disrupt the status quo and decarbonize live entertainment on a massive scale.”

The Stanford activation is already drawing interest from stadiums and event organizers worldwide. As the tour continues, Kardinia will track and share data with the tour on energy generation and emissions avoided, reinforcing the potential of Printed Solar to be part of the transformation not just in live music but hard-to-abate energy emissions from sports to commercial real estate.

Beyond applications in entertainment, Kardinia is targeting use of its lightweight, flexible Printed Solar for industrial rooftops unable to support conventional panels, off-grid power requirements for emergency response and disaster relief and deployment in regions where the need for low-cost, flexible and clean everyday electricity is pronounced.

About Kardinia Energy

Kardinia Energy is an Australian company established in 2020 to commercialise world leading Printed Solar technology. The technology was developed from inception in 1996 by Professor Paul Dastoor at University of Newcastle in NSW, Australia.

Kardinia Energy holds the global IP rights, and the technology is proven (TRL7/8 CRI4) and ready to scale through additional manufacturing capacity.

Printed Solar is one of the lowest emission intensive energy sources available and is fully recycled in-house. It is the epitome of energy generation in the circular economy.

Printed Solar is a highly versatile and flexible solution that can be easily combined with other solar, renewable and fossil fuel solutions. Easy to install, remove and recycle, Kardinia Energy’s Printed Solar flexibility creates a vast new market opportunity across many infrastructure applications.

For further information please contact the info@kardinia.energy or contact us via the website.

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