Solar-powered movies debut at Seaside Lagoon
Seaside Cinemas screen, used earlier this year for movie night at Jefferson School, will be “green” powered for the first time by solar energy. The people who first brought ice skating to the Seaside Lagoon are launching another somewhat improbable and highly imaginative venture – a series of solar-powered movie nights. Tom Kearney and Scott Williams, the duo behind Seaside Ice, launch AES Seaside Cinema this Friday with a showing of Back to the Future. They believe Seaside Cinema will be the very first solar-powered outdoor movie event ever held. The idea, Kearney said, is to show in the most fun way possible that solar power isn’t some far-fetched futuristic form of energy – rather, it is something that everybody can do right now. “I think this is a great place to start,” Kearney said. “It’s really about creating awareness and having kids and families see it in a practical practice. I mean, how cool is it to go to a movie that is supplied by the sun? At night?” The primary sponsor of the event is AES Redondo Beach. The “green hardware” – three 180 watt solar panels and an energy-collecting battery – is being provided by ABC Solar Inc., a Hermosa Beach-based company whose aim is…
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