NBCUniversal’s second season of La Brea, currently shooting in Melbourne, is believed to be one of the first productions globally to use a hybrid lithium-ion battery system to power its unit base – saving up to an estimated 20,000 litres of diesel fuel a month. Unit manager Richie Young, of Red Fox Unit Services, was […]
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- 8/12/2022
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
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NBC’s La Brea, which follows a massive sinkhole opening in the middle of Los Angeles, is doing its part to ensure that world-ending disasters remain a fictional, on-screen occurrence.
The drama, currently shooting its second season in Australia, is an early film or TV production to use a hybrid lithium-ion battery system to power the unit base. In an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of the production and make the industry more sustainable moving forward, production firm Red Fox Unit Services and energy company Aggreko worked together to trial two hybrid battery banks (manufactured by POWR2) — the first of their kind in Australia.
Though Hollywood has made big sustainable changes in recent years, clean energy has remained the biggest problem, with battery generators previously not having been powerful enough to replace diesel and fuel entire sets. These two new batteries, though,...
NBC’s La Brea, which follows a massive sinkhole opening in the middle of Los Angeles, is doing its part to ensure that world-ending disasters remain a fictional, on-screen occurrence.
The drama, currently shooting its second season in Australia, is an early film or TV production to use a hybrid lithium-ion battery system to power the unit base. In an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of the production and make the industry more sustainable moving forward, production firm Red Fox Unit Services and energy company Aggreko worked together to trial two hybrid battery banks (manufactured by POWR2) — the first of their kind in Australia.
Though Hollywood has made big sustainable changes in recent years, clean energy has remained the biggest problem, with battery generators previously not having been powerful enough to replace diesel and fuel entire sets. These two new batteries, though,...
- 8/10/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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