Aggreko supplies temporary power at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics
The challenge for the customer
A highly reliable power supplier
was required to provide uninterupted, seamless power for the
Beijing Olympic Games 2008. With Olympic venues spread out all
through Beijing and the surrounding country, the Beijing Olympic
Committee needed a supplier who could work together with the
local utility company. Vast amounts of power was required to
support the infrastructure and the opening and closing
ceremonies.
Aggreko’s solution
Aggreko provided 130 MW
of power to 37 venues in three cities: Beijing,
Qingdao and Hong Kong. This included fully-redundant power supply
for the IBC (International Broadcast Center) which provided over 30
MW of un-interruptible power to broadcast the opening ceremonies to
over 496 million eager viewers around the world.
Fact file:
130 MW power supplied
37 venues powered by Aggreko
307 generators
1573 distribution boards
407 kilometers of cabling
150 local staff recruited and trained
Commenting on the project, Xu Jian, Director of
Construction and Environment Department of BOCOG stated:
"I am extremely pleased with the level of cooperation and one
team approach between BOCOG, Beijing Power Corporation and
Aggreko".
Once again, Aggreko has demonstrated its reputation of
delivering what it said it would do".