Waterbury,VT – Concerts from Guster, Jason Mraz, Train, and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead got cleaner this summer thanks to NOMAD TransportablePower Systems. One of NOMAD’s 1.3 MWh Voyager units rolled in to power the Shelburne Museum concert series outside Burlington, Vermont this summer, replacing diesel generators with stored clean energy and avoiding almost 4,500pounds of carbon dioxide pollution.
“At the shows, our job was making sure we kept the sound and lights powered so the great musicians on stage could delight the crowds,” said Chris McKay, NOMAD’s Chief Operating Officer. “When we realized that we’d powered 72 hours of concerts– from setup and sound check through breakdown – we decided to look at the environmental impact we were having.”
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator, the NOMAD-powered concerts avoided the carbon dioxide equivalent of a passenger car driving 5,115 miles. That’s nearly the same as driving from NOMAD’s headquarters in Vermont, all the way to the site of KORE Power’s KOREPlex inArizona – and back. (NOMAD is powered with KORE Power battery modules.)
It’s also the equivalent of burning more than 2,000 pounds of coal or fully charging 132,033 smartphones.
The concerts were part of the summer series hosted by the Shelburne Museum. The unit was charged up on Green Mountain Power’s carbon-free energy supply.
As a Vermonter, McKay said he was most impressed by the pollution the Voyager avoided, while delivering reliable power and eliminating generator noise.
“In just four concerts, we avoided the carbon sequestered by more than 2 acres of U.S.Forest in a year.”
McKay said his team is hitting its stride powering concerts, sporting events, festivals and other activities. Working in partnership with Lex Products, NOMAD is looking to scale its efforts in the coming months.
“Everyday customers come to us with new use cases, and we’re excited to put NOMAD units to work, delivering power, saving money on fuel costs, and when we can, helping them cut their carbon footprint, too.”
About NOMADTransportable Power Systems, Inc.
NOMAD TransportablePower Systems, Inc. (“NOMAD”), is a Vermont-based company formed by KORE Power in 2020 to provide the energy industry with a standardized mobile energy storage platform. NOMAD is the first entrant into the mobile lithium-ion energy storage space and combines its patent-pending, over-the-road storage units with a standardized docking platform capable of interconnection with any distribution or transmission utility. The NOMAD system was designed from the onset to provide its customers all the benefits of fixed site energy storage, while eliminating both the capital commitments and long-term obligations that traditional energy storage requires.
