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execution of some truly memorable
events to celebrate London 2012. Our
pride at how well the ceremonies
were received by the viewing public
was enhanced by knowing Aggreko
was a key part of the infrastructure.
“This is the 12th Olympic Games
Aggreko has worked on and we
have been committed to assisting
LOCOG in delivering an event and
Olympic legacy of which Great
Britain can be proud. The solution
with the barges was designed with
LOCOG’s environmental targets in
mind, and we worked closely with
the Environmental Agency and other
organisations to meet those targets.”
Under its contract to supply
temporary power to the London
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,
Aggreko provided 260MW of power using
550 generator sets, 1,500km of cable and
5,500 distribution panels across 39 venues.
The event is the biggest deployment of
temporary power for a single sporting
event ever in the UK.
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Aggreko, the Official Temporary Energy
Services Supplier to the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games, played a
crucial role in supporting the Opening and
Closing Ceremonies by supplying primary
power to the Olympic Stadium.
Aggreko’s engineers designed and
delivered a solution capable of providing
12MW of power for both the ceremonies
and international broadcast functions,
which involved staging temporary power
equipment on barges on the River Lea
adjacent to the stadium. The two barges
each holding four 1250kVA generators and
four 3,000 litre fuel tanks, housed the only
temporary power permitted on the
Olympic Park, saving significant space
across the location and minimising impact
on the visual experience throughout the
opening and closing events.
Aggreko’s power solution enabled Danny
Boyle’s dramatic opening homage to British
heritage, Isles of Wonder, to be watched by
80,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium
and broadcast to an estimated global TV
audience of 900 million people. The Closing
Ceremony, dubbed ‘the greatest after-party
in the world’ by legendary soundtrack
composer and the show’s musical director,
David Arnold, featured music by an array of
British groups on a spectacular stage that
was also powered by Aggreko generators.
Rupert Soames, Chief Executive of
Aggreko, said: “We are honoured to have
played a central role in supporting the
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