Aggreko achieves grid code compliance across Europe
Author: Joe Peck
Aggreko, a British multinational temporary power generation company, has achieved grid code compliance for its 1.5MW generator fleet across 11 European countries, allowing the company to support data centres and other large power projects facing grid capacity constraints.
The certification covers the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Romania, and Czechia. It allows Aggreko’s generators to integrate with public electricity networks for applications including additional generation capacity, peak demand management, exporting power to the grid, and grid balancing.
Aggreko says the certification can also help accelerate large-scale power projects, with gas-powered generation of more than 50MW potentially deployed within months while longer-term grid infrastructure is developed.
Generation supports grid capacity
The company says decentralised generation can help address capacity shortfalls, support renewable energy integration, and reduce pressure on electricity networks.
Aggreko has previously supplied 43MW of power to Romania’s national grid over four years, using a combined heat and power system while providing grid balancing services.
Connor Docherty, Head of Product for Gas at Aggreko, suggests, “Decentralised energy will have a critical role to play during this critical period, which is where grid code compliance comes into play.
“With the ability to integrate with grid infrastructure, we can support grid operators and high energy users alike through decentralised energy generation. This will help to balance the grid, make up capacity shortfalls to ensure that large power projects can go ahead, assist increased renewable integration, and avoid blackouts.”
Aggreko says that its fleet also incorporates remote monitoring and control systems for equipment diagnostics and plant-level analytics.
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