Aggreko LLC Provides Mission Critical Role With Temporary Power Generation and Distribution Services At the Olympic Winter Games of 2002.

Business Editors & Energy/Sports Writers

Olympic Winter Games 2002

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2002

Games Serve as Launch Platform for Advanced Portable

Electrical Distribution Fleet

When millions of sports enthusiasts tune in to watch their favorite Olympic event on television or on location, Aggreko LLC is the "behind the scenes" company responsible for supplying temporary power for mission critical functions like broadcasting, security, timing and results operations, and information technology.

Aggreko's power supply could support a city of 100,000 via generators airlifted by helicopters to mountainsides. When the Games are over, Aggreko's equipment and staff move off the mountains, out of the Olympic Village and on to other events.

Aggreko is a leading supplier of portable equipment and services for temporary electric power generation. The company is introducing its advanced portable electrical distribution fleet at the 2002 Games. To prepare for the Games, Aggreko assembled the nation's only completely Underwriter Laboratory (UL)-listed portable all-weather electrical distribution equipment of its kind in the United States. Aggreko flexibly designed the fleet, which will primarily serve event and other select industrial and manufacturing customers that operate in many global markets. Using UL-listed equipment ensures that Aggreko's equipment meets the highest safety standards and the increasingly stringent demands for electrical codes for temporary power and distribution services. In addition, the advanced portable electrical distribution fleet allows Aggreko to quickly install and remove its equipment.

Aggreko has a long history of supplying power to major events. The company provides its expertise to numerous sporting and entertainment venues such as World Cup and the NFL Super Bowl. Following the Games, Aggreko will immediately breakdown and ship containers of units to Japan for the 2002 World Cup Games.

"Because most of the 20 Olympic venues will be powered by temporary generation systems, we knew we needed a strong partner in the design, organization and implementation of the event," said Grant Thomas, senior vice president for Venues and Transportation at the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee (SLOC). "Aggreko's design and engineering expertise and proven track record with past Games were critical factors in its selection as the supplier of temporary power generation and distribution services."

More about Aggreko's Mission Critical Role in Salt Lake

Here is a quick summary of the areas for which Aggreko is responsible:

-- Broadcast - Providing standby power for the International Broadcast Center
(IBC). To ensure the highest level of redundant power service, Aggreko's
fully-automated equipment will provide immediate secondary power, if necessary,
to the IBC for the duration of the games. The company also is providing
temporary prime power to the multiple media compounds, as well as TV cameras,
production trucks and satellite uplinks.

-- Security - In light of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on Sept. 11,
security measures have been dramatically expanded, necessitating increased
screening areas and adding security trailers for the U.S. Department of
Defense. For Aggreko, this meant modifying design plans to increase power
generation and distribution requirements.

-- Timing/Results - Providing games-critical application with secondary power
generation for all venues' timing/results operations, including timer,
scoreboard and leader boards. Many of the timing/results systems are hooked
into Aggreko TwinPack units and a local utility feed, which allows both systems
to feed the mission.

-- Information Technology - Providing standby power for the massive resource
networks that are linked to all venues via fiber optic feeds.

"Aggreko's proven track record at the world's most visible sporting and entertainment events is based on our attention to detail and design, as well as our ability to quickly adapt to last-minute changes," said Aggreko Vice President Gordon Broussard, who is currently in Salt Lake City directing the company's on-site operations.

More About Aggreko

A 107-member Aggreko team has been installing equipment and cable to support the Games in Salt Lake for the past 18 months. The company will provide 100 megawatts of power through more than 3,000 electrical distribution panels, 250 transformers and 350 generator sets.

Aggreko LLC, the U.S. division of the U.K.-based Aggreko plc (AGK.L), is a world leader in providing utility power systems and related services to the telecommunications, manufacturing, petrochemical and medical industries, public entities, and to organizations that stage special events, like professional sports, the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, concerts, television and movie productions and others. Worldwide, Aggreko has nearly 2,000 employees and operates in more than 130 locations. For more information, visit www.aggreko.com.