Aggreko to Power North America’s First World Equestrian
Games
Rental power leader to provide nearly
2,000 tons of HVAC equipment for 16-day event
Houston (October 5, 2010) – Aggreko, the global leader in rental power, cooling, heating and oil-free compressed
air, today announced that it will provide nearly 2,000 tons of
HVAC equipment and 17 megawatts of electricity – enough to power
approximately 2,000 mid-sized homes – for North America’s first
World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY.
The event, sponsored by global animal health
company Alltech, in association with the Federation Equestre
Internationale (FEI), will be held Sept. 25 through Oct. 10 at the
Kentucky Horse Park. The Games – celebrating its
20th year – brings together the world’s elite equestrian
competitors in eight separate disciplines: jumping, reining,
dressage, eventing, endurance, para dressage, vaulting and
driving.
“We were most impressed by Aggreko’s
successful service to both the Vancouver Winter Olympics and the
2008 Ryder Cup tournament in Kentucky,” said Rob Hinkle, vice
president of operations of the World Equestrian Games
Foundation. “Aggreko was the clear choice to heat and cool
this momentous competition.”
Aggreko will provide both heating and cooling
services for media, hospitality and public venues, supplying heat
for more than 20 pavilions in the evenings and air conditioning in
the afternoons. Additionally, Aggreko will provide power for
the medal ceremonies and official event timing and scoring.
“We are delighted to power the Games, which
are expected to attract more than 600,000 equestrian fans from
around the world,” said David Prince, senior project manager,
Aggreko Event Services. “Large-scale events like these are
our forte. Building on the successful service we’ve provided
to similar venues, Aggreko is well-prepared to power facilities
across the 2,000-acre, three-mile compound.”
For seven weeks, Aggreko technicians have been
hard at work unloading and installing approximately 80 truckloads
of equipment, including generators from 24 to 1,500 kW and HVAC
packages from five to 80 tons. In total, the company will
provide 59 miles of cable – which, when stretched out, would
stretch from the Kentucky Horse Park to the Kentucky Derby in
Louisville, KY – for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian
Games.
Aggreko has a wealth of experience providing
power and temperature control to the most high-profile events in
the world, including the Olympic Games, the U.S. Presidential
Inauguration and the Daytona 500.
Editor's Notes
Aggreko plc is the world leader in the supply of temporary power
and temperature control solutions. Aggreko employs over 4,000
people operating from over 133 locations. In 2008 we served
customers in over 100 countries, and had revenues of approximately
£950m (USD $1.6bn or Euros €1.1bn). Aggreko plc is listed on the
London Stock Exchange (AGK.L), is a member of the FTSE-100 index,
and is headquartered in Scotland. For more information, please
visit the company website at www.aggreko.com.
Aggreko provides power and temperature control solutions to
customers who need them either very quickly, or for a short or
indeterminate length of time. Examples would be the supply of power
to an industrial site which needs to service its permanent power
supply, supplying a whole city in times of power shortage, or
providing a major sporting event with power and cooling systems. We
serve our customers either through 120 service centres, which we
call the Local Business, or globally through our International
Power Projects business.
In the Local business, which accounts for about 60% of our
revenues, we hire our equipment to customers, who then operate it
for themselves, although we retain responsibility for servicing and
maintaining it. In the
International Power Projects business, which accounts for about
40% of revenues, we operate as a power producer. We install and
operate power plants and we charge our customers both for providing
the generating capacity, and for the electricity we produce. We
design and manufacture equipment specifically for these
requirements in our factory in Dumbarton, Scotland.
Recent customers include the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic
Winter Games and the power utilities in over 50 countries
including the UK, France, Angola, Kenya,
Indonesia, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil and the USA.
For more information, please visit the company
website at www.aggreko.com/northamerica
or www.aggreko.ca.
For more information, contact:
Shanta Mauney or Claire Caton, Ward
Creative Communications
Tel: 713-869-0707
E-mail: smauney@wardcc.com or
ccaton@wardcc.com
Amy Stine, Communications Specialist, Aggreko LLC
Tel: 281-985-8266
E-mail: amy.stine@aggreko.com
Simon Lyons, Global Director of Marketing & Communication,
Aggreko Plc
Tel: + 44 141 2255900
E-mail:
simon.lyonsATaggreko.co.uk