Global Power Supplier Takes On the Super Bowl

Rental Leader Brings a Warm Feeling To The Professional Football Championship at the Cowboys Stadium

The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers professional football teams won’t be the only power on display at Cowboys Stadium this Sunday, during  football’s annual championship game. As the Dallas/Fort Worth area experiences some of the coldest winter temperatures in decades, Aggreko, the global leader in temporary power generation and temperature control solutions, will provide large-scale power generation and heating for the entire event, including the half-time show.

Power boss talks business, blackouts and bombs

He’s CEO of the world’s biggest temporary power firm, Aggreko, and the man responsible for keeping the lights on in large parts of the Middle East. Rupert Soames talks business, blackouts and bomb attacks in Iraq. Aggreko is everywhere, you just don’t realise it. For a low-fame firm, it has its fingers in an astonishing number of pies. Take the 2010 World Cup.

Aggreko generators at Soccer City, 2010 FIFA World Cup

If you were one of the billions that tuned in to watch the kick-off in Johannesburg, you have Aggreko’s heavy-duty generators to thank for the broadcast images.

From the Beijing Olympics, to the inauguration of US President Obama, to the Gulf construction boom, Aggrekko’s metal crates have whirred behind the scenes everywhere and anywhere that needs quick back-up power. They also light up great swathes of Africa and Asia. “We think globally,” says Aggreko’s convivial CEO, the Hon Rupert Soames. “A lot of our business is very short-term [so] we eat on a Thursday what we kill on a Monday in terms of business. Demand moves pretty rapidly round the world.” With 4,000 employees scattered over more than 100 countries, speed has been Aggreko’s salvation during the downturn. As soon as one contract ends, generators are whipped away to fuel new demand elsewhere. In Uganda, a country pushed to the brink by drought, Aggreko was able to assemble a 140MW temporary power station in a matter of weeks. When deals in Dubai, formerly Aggreko’s biggest Middle East market, mothballed overnight in the financial crash, new work in Saudi Arabia and Oman helped keep utilisation rates high.

Read the full story at arabianbusiness.com

 

Bangladesh to Generate 7000MW of Power by 2013

Temporary Power Plant

Bangladesh aims to generate an additional 7000MW of electricity by 2013 by setting up new power plants in the country, the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said.

“I know the countrymen are facing a crisis of electricity and the government is relentlessly working to generate more electricity to remove the public sufferings,” Hasina said in a public meeting.

The government has started setting up 30 power plants to generate 3,300MW of electricity and construction works on three power plants have already been completed.

The government also has plans to set up an additional ten power plants to be able to generate 4,000MW of electricity, according to The Daily Star.

The 50MW Daudkandi power plant in Titas Upazila, Comilla, Bangladesh worth $81m is expected to generate power by September 2011.

Source: Power Technology

In April 2010 the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDP) invested in the  provision of 200MW of temporary power.

GE to Supply Equipment for Saudi Power Plant

GE will supply power generation equipment and long-term services for a new gas-fired, independent power plant in Saudi Arabia, under agreements worth SR2.5bn ($700m).

Riyadh PP11 will add about 1,730MW of power to Saudi Electricity Company’s grid, which expects to witness an increase in demand for electricity at the rate of 8% a year.

GE will supply seven Frame 7FA gas turbines and two D11 steam turbines to the project.

In addition, GE also has signed a contractual services agreement (CSA) to supply spare parts and maintenance services for the gas turbines over the next 20 years.

The plant will feature GE’s F technology, gas turbines and advanced emissions control with dry low NOx technology.

It will constitute 15% of the power generation capacity in Saudi Arabia’s central region.

Saudi Arabia, with a current installed capacity of 44,000MW, is expected to need about 70,000MW of power by 2020.

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