NEWS
124 rental specification generators to be
supplied to Mather + Stuart Power Solutions
New digital tools to be tested in power plants
and our digital strategy, we are commiting to an extreme- ly customer-focused align- ment of our services, and moving to improve our prod- ucts,” explained Andreas Schell, CEO of Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Power Systems is pressing ahead with the expansion of digital services for all of its customers. The Digital Solutions team is set to double to 80 employees by the end of December 2018. “With our service strategy
data loggers previously used, and enable MTU experts and the customer to monitor the units remotely, plan maintenance and spare parts availability, analyze operator
SES Secures £8.2m Contract at Viridor’s 32 MW Avonmouth Waste-to-Energy Plant
Mather + Stuart Power Solutions, the power
generation division of leading equipment rental firm A-Plant, has placed an order in October 2018 with Greenshields JCB for 124 rental specification generators, to meet the demands of its rapid fleet expansion. In a deal worth £4.5 million, the company will take JCB
G150RS models, the G200RS and the G250RS. The deal also includes the larger G300RS and the G500RS model. The order is part of an on-going, long-term supply
partnership between the two companies, providing a wide range of power outputs in line with Mather + Stuart’s dynamic growth plans. Gary Orton, Director of Mather + Stuart said: “Following
our acquisition by A-Plant in 2016, we have experienced a period of rapid growth, opening nine new service centres and tripling the size of our fleet from 650 generators in January 2016, to over 2,000 in August 2018.” All of the generators are from JCB Power Products’
rental-specific RS series. They are powered by efficient, reliable Stage IIIA diesel engines and equipped with bund alarms and DSE 8610 synchronising control panels. All of the RS series generators come as standard with
the JCB LiveLink for Power telematics system, providing a total fleet management solution for the rental company. The system monitors fuel use, operating times, coolant temperatures, light loading, phase imbalance and many other operating parameters, allowing fleet and depot managers to maximise utilisation and availability. The deal is part of an on-going relationship between JCB
and A-Plant, which ordered more than £55 million of machinery from the manufacturer last year. Indeed, over the past three years, the hire giant has placed more than £140 million of orders with JCB. Tom Greenshields, of Greenshields JCB said: “This
marks our third year of supplying generators to Mather + Stuart, who have gone from strength to strength. We are happy to be part of their plans to bring innovative solutions to the power hire market.” A-Plant Marketing Director Asif Latief said: “Customers
tell us that their number one priority is reliability, closely followed by availability and quality, so it is vital that we continue to meet these key requirements.”
12 SES Engineering Services has won a contract to support the delivery of Viridor’s £252
million waste-to energy centre in Avonmouth, Bristol. Delivered in partnership with Clugston Construction, the company said that the contract,
worth £8.2 million will see SES provide all mechanical and electrical (M&E) works at the 34,000 sq. ft. waste to energy site, including containment, lighting, small power, access control, ICT, CCTV, domestic water services, sanitary ware, above ground drainage, cooling, and mechanical ventilation. The Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre will process waste destined for landfill, to create
energy for the national grid. Once completed, the site is expected to generate 32MWe of energy – enough to power 44,000 homes – and save 320,000 tonnes of waste from entering landfill. The bottom ash residue will also be reused for construction aggregate. Construction has already begun, with SES preparing to start on site in January 2019 with hot
commissioning scheduled to commence in October 2019, and full completion due in February 2020. The company recently completed a £6.4 million M&E contract at the Margam Green Energy
Plant in Port Talbot and was also played a part in delivering the biomass conversion facilities at Drax Power Station in Selby – which burns waste wood pellets to generate electricity in three of its six units. “Increasing our profile in the energy and waste sectors is an important growth driver for our
business,” comments Steve Tovey, SES Business Director, Midlands and South West. “Our experience gained on similar projects like Margam and Drax Power Station was a key
decision maker for our appointment, and we look forward to applying this expertise to the Avonmouth project to ensure it is delivered safely and within its tight timescale,” he concludes.
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2018 UK POwER NEwS
Act and MTU Go! Manage - will soon be tested in the first power plants, says Rolls- Royce. The tools are replacing the
Power Systems. “The goal of our transformation is to be a full-service solution provider for our customers.” New digital tools - MTU Go!
ing of customer installations, we’re not starting from scratch. Since the year 2000, for example, we have been gaining important insights into data-linking around 1,800 gas gensets to technicians and service operations using data loggers,” said Jürgen Winterholler, who heads up the Digital Solutions unit for the company. “Cyber security and data
protection have the highest priority for us. This is some- where we also benefit from the experience of our parent company Rolls-Royce in the aviation industry over the last 20 years.”
data and derive recommen- dations for improving product operation. “In terms of digital monitor-
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