Proven in Live Environments
Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour features Kardinia Energy’s Printed Solar technology across one of the world’s most complex and demanding live touring environments.
The collaboration demonstrates rapid installation, lightweight transportability and real-world solar performance across complex temporary infrastructure settings, validating new possibilities for renewable energy integration throughout large-scale live events.
Lightweight Integration
Printed Solar’s ultra-lightweight and flexible form factor enables rapid installation, removal and integration across a wide range of infrastructure environments.
Weighing approximately 300 grams per m², the technology is designed for surfaces and applications where traditional solar systems are often impractical due to weight or structural constraints.
Kardinia Energy’s first commercial-grade Printed Solar products are optimised around lightweight integration, scalable manufacturing and expanding renewable energy across new infrastructure applications.
Printed Solar was first deployed by Coldplay during the European Leg of their Music of the Spheres Tour in 2024 and continually developed towards a solution for use in the live concert industry.
research and development
Through Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour, Kardinia Energy’s Printed Solar technology is operating across one of the world’s most complex and demanding live event environments.
The collaboration provides a unique opportunity to demonstrate how ultra-lightweight renewable energy technologies can integrate across large-scale touring and temporary infrastructure, helping shape the future of lower-emission live events at global scale.
More broadly, temporary power and mobile infrastructure sectors remain heavily reliant on diesel generation.
Kardinia Energy is developing Printed Solar technology to support the long-term transition towards lightweight renewable energy integration across these environments.
How It works
Printed Solar installed throughout the venue captures renewable energy and stores it within integrated battery systems used to support stage production and ancillary power requirements across the live event environment.
Printed Solar installed throughout the venue captures renewable energy and stores it within integrated battery systems used to support stage production and ancillary power requirements across the live event environment.
The system integrates directly into temporary event infrastructure, demonstrating lightweight solar generation within one of the world’s largest touring productions.