Published: February 03, 2011
Aggreko Beats Big Freeze to Power Football's Big Game
DALLAS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers professional football
teams won't be the only power on display at Cowboys Stadium this Sunday,
during football's annual championship game. As the Dallas/Fort Worth
area experiences some of the coldest winter temperatures in decades,
Aggreko, the global leader in temporary power generation and temperature
control solutions, will provide large-scale power generation and heating
for the entire event, including the half-time show.
Following months of planning and preparation, Aggreko's major events
division will power everything from lighting and video during The Black
Eyed Peas' half-time performance to stadium security. Aggreko will also
provide power and temperature control for the international media
compounds broadcasting the event to a worldwide television, internet and
radio audience.
"This is Aggreko's 21st year supporting the big game and its
many festivities, and each event brings a unique experience," said Gordy
Broussard, Vice President, National Sales and Marketing, Aggreko North
America. "As they say, everything is bigger in Texas, and the sheer size
of the new stadium makes this one of Aggreko's largest supply of
uninterrupted power and heating for a single event."
Aggreko will also power both teams' practice facilities and several
celebration sites and VIP areas. Services include:
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13 MWs of generator power - enough for approximately 3,000
medium-sized homes
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4600 kW of heating
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Approximately 50 miles of cable distributed in and around the stadium
"This job requires finding creative ways to distribute 50 miles of cable
in and around the building and install temporary utilities while keeping
the area safe and not detracting from the beauty of this amazing
facility," said Broussard.
Aggreko will have the support of its national network of more than 50
service centers and a team of 12 dedicated employees, who began
installing the complex array of equipment weeks prior to the game.
Dismantling will require an additional two weeks after the final whistle
blows.
Aggreko is highly experienced in providing reliable electrical power and
climate-control solutions for television broadcasts, movie productions,
the world's largest sporting events, concert tours, major corporate
events and the most high-profile events in the world, including the 2009
Presidential Inauguration and the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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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 144 locations. In 2009 we served customers in about
100 countries, and had revenues of approximately GBP 1.0bn (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 our 144 service centers, which we call the Local Business, or
globally through our International Power Projects business.
In the Local
business, which accounts for about half 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 also accounts for about half of our
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 Olympics, the Vancouver
2010 Olympics 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.

Ward Creative Communications
Shanta Mauney, 713-869-0707
smauney@wardcc.com
or
Deborah
Buks, 713-869-0707
dbuks@wardcc.com
or
Aggreko
LLC
Amy Stine, 281-985-8266
Communications Specialist
amy.stine@aggreko.com
or
Aggreko
Plc
Simon Lyons, + 44 141 2255900
Global Director of Marketing
& Communication
simon.lyonsATaggreko.co.uk
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