With less than 60 days to go until the Opening Ceremonies, Aggreko has dozens of technicians on the ground in Vancouver, installing and fine tuning equipment at the venues for the big event.

“The Olympic Games are the epitome of sporting events, with a worldwide audience in the billions,” said George Walker, President of Aggreko North America. “The elements that are Aggreko’s responsibility – designing and installing temporary power distribution, and cooling and heating infrastructure – are crucial to the overall success of the event. We’ve been working with the event organizers for more than a year to coordinate all of our efforts, and now it’s time to put that plan into action.”

The Vancouver Olympic Winter Games represent the largest temporary heating project in Aggreko’s history, with 90% of the heating requirements used for snow-melting applications.  By the end of January, more than 2,700 pieces of Aggreko equipment will have been installed by the 85-strong Aggreko crew, including:

• 40 megawatts of electric heaters, or enough for 3,000 medium-sized homes
• A minimum of 90 megawatts of stand-by and primary generators and power distribution, enough to power 8,000 medium-sized homes
• 250 miles of cable, enough to stretch from Vancouver to Portland