Aggreko Supplements Hydro Electric Generation
The challenge to the customer
Following the fifth consecutive year of minimal rainfall,
reservoirs feeding Sri Lanka’s hydro power plants were approaching
critically low levels. As the situation became more acute, power
rationing was introduced in an attempt to conserve water
supplies.
The customer initially required 100 MW of baseload power to be
installed at four sites around capital city Colombo. However, this
requirement eventually rose to more than 200 MW spread across eight
locations.
Aggreko's solution: temporary power generators
A flexible system was necessary in order to supply various
capacities at different voltages ranging from 8 MW/11kV at
Aniyakanda to 45 MW/33KV at Kosgma. Aggreko supplied a full range
of power equipment including generators,
transformers, switchgear, control rooms and ancillary products.
Aggreko also supplied bulk fuel
storage systems and on several sites, undertook on behalf of the
electric provider, fuel management responsibilities, including
quality control and metering to guarantee fuel consumption levels
throughout the contract.
Full operation and maintenance of the equipment supplied was
undertaken by Aggreko engineers to ensure the entire 200 MW of
temporary power operated at peak performance 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
Within eight weeks of signing the contract, Aggreko shipped,
delivered, installed and brought online all 200 MW.
The benefits to the customer
The capability of Aggreko to mobilise, install and commission
modular power packages with the flexibility to
generate power at the exact capacity and voltage dictated by the
customer’s available sites in the very short time scales required
proved to be a key factor in making Aggreko the vendor of
choice.