London 2012 plugs in Aggreko as official provider and tier 3
sponsor
The London Organising Committee of the
Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has appointed Aggreko
plc to be the exclusive supplier of temporary energy services for
London 2012 and in the process becomes a tier three sponsor of
London 2012.Under the agreement, Aggreko will provide power across
39 venues in 7 different locations – London, Cardiff, Coventry,
Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and Weymouth. The power
will be provided by generators located at each venue distributed
through over 1,000 kilometres of cable and 3,500 distribution
panels. Aggreko plans to deploy a team of over 150 people for the
contract, and most of the equipment used in the project will be
manufactured at Aggreko’s factory in Scotland.
In addition to supporting both the
Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the Olympic Stadium in London,
Aggreko equipment will also be used to power field-of-play lighting
and camera equipment in the various stadia as well as powering the
International Broadcasting Centre, which will be providing
television feeds to billions of people around the world.
Rupert Soames, Chief Executive of
Aggreko, welcomed the deal saying: ‘We normally play away from home
in places such as Beijing (2008 Olympics), Vancouver (2010 Winter
Olympics) and South Africa (2010 FIFA World Cup). It is
therefore enormously exciting to have the opportunity to perform in
front of our home crowd. We look forward to supporting the
Organising Committee in their task of providing faultless execution
of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic games, and uninterrupted
broadcasting to hundreds of millions of viewers
world-wide.’LOCOG Commercial Director Chris Townsend added,
‘We are delighted to welcome Aggreko to the London 2012
family. They will help to ensure our venues are fully
operational and powered becoming a vital cog in our
organisation. They are coming on board as we head towards a
crucial year for London 2012 – next year sees us move to becoming a
fully operational organising committee, testing our venues and
testing our systems.’