We supplied emergency power to one of Europe’s most important Data Centers

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At Genesal Energy we’ve supplied two emergency generator sets to one of the most important Data Centers in Europe, located on the outskirts of the German city of Munich.

The gensets have been designed to guarantee constant power supply in the event of a mains failure or any other potential setback.

Data Centers or Data Processing Centers (DPC) are complex facilities which hold modern computer equipment and where any failure in power supply can be fatal, as all the information contained in these giant servers would be left unprotected. For this reason, DPCs need continuous and constant power supply at all times.  A generator set is its greatest guarantee of protection, and at Genesal Energy, we’re experts in installing generator sets adapted to these facilities.

With leakage retention system

For this client specifically, at Genesal Energy we opted for made-to-measure generator sets: we designed a bespoke energy solution. The result translated into two generator sets distinguished by their low sound levels -as they must operate in a great office area-  and the fact that they are leakage-proof against any polluting spills (diesel, oil and coolant liquid), as established by the strict environmental legislation in Germany.

During the manufacturing process, the gensets were placed into two 20 foot containers, with two air inlet and outlet baffles of 1200mm in length to lower the gensets’ sound levels by 30 decibels. Furthermore, the exhaust silencers were mounted inside the containers in order to isolate the sound (whose certification was carried out by an external company) outlet.

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Features

  • Power panel integrated inside the generator set’s container.
  • Control panel integrated inside the generator set’s container.
  • Baffles system for -30db. External parts in stainless steel.
  • Motorized louvers.
  • Fuel tanks of great capacity contained inside.
  • Fuel tank with leakage collection tray.
  • Fuel tank with automatic overfill protection system.
  • Container with liquid retention system.
  • Engine room heating to ensure startup in the cold.
  • Dedicated power outlet busbar due to the great number of conductors per phase.
  • Overvoltage protections.
  • GSM control.
  • Superficial coating of the container according to the ISO 12944 norm, in a C5I finish in the colour requested by the client.
  • Sound levels certified by an external company according to the ISO8528 norm:
    • Genset 1: 66 dB at 7m
    • Genset 2: 68 dB at 7m

Genesal Energy guarantees power supply to hundreds of homes in three luxury housing estates in the Philippines

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Power supply in residential complexes must be guaranteed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The wellbeing of their homes depend on it. That’s why a maximum level of protection against possible main failures is an absolute must.

Emergency generator sets comply with this function, they’re designed for it, to ensure that the whole electrical network functions perfectly, and that everything from the elevators down to the last maintenance service of a home remain operative, even in the event of an accident or setback.

At Genesal Energy we know the needs these properties have, a lot of them being great building complexes in which the residential areas coexist with recreational areas, shops and offices and where there is a great influx of people at all times, which is why it’s vital to have emergency power of maximum precision.

Sustainable buildings and local employment

One of our projects in Pacific Asia has allowed us to participate in three very interesting projects where the exclusivity of the facilities and sustainability are combined. They are three housing complexes in the Philippines in exclusive residential areas which are close to great urban areas such as the cities of Davao or Makati.

Our company designed an emergency network to guarantee supply in the event of a mains failure which would affect the apartments, shops and offices of Patio Suites, Viento Tower and Callisto, housing estates distributed across seven towers where hundreds of families reside and whose construction entailed a boost in local employment and development. Hiring locally and the use of sustainable materials were prioritized.

Each of the generator sets manufactured at Genesal Energy features a special solution as not all buildings are the same. In any case, the six gensets feature one common denominator: they are open units, all manufactured with the highest quality and with a design adapted to the conditions of each installation.  Likewise, they’re very reliable and silent, as the low emission of decibels is an important feature to consider for residential areas and places of business.

Features

  • Automatic breaker, independent from the alternator and supported on the base frame, thus avoiding the impact of vibration and other movement.
  • Cable outlet through the top, to connect to the client’s busbar, with protective bellows.
  • Engine cooling liquid recirculation and heating system to provide the correct temperature for genset startup.

We’ve increased our presence in Africa: emergency power for a luxury hotel on Ivory Coast

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Guaranteeing permanent power supply is essential in any hotel, especially if we’re talking about one in the African continent, where it’s necessary to take special caution to avoid any issues with the mains network.

One of our latest projects in Africa has taken us to Ivory Coast: we manufactured and supplied two special gensets for a new luxury hotel in the city of Abidjan, without a doubt the economic capital and most modern city in the country, with impressive skyscrapers and a great port area.

With more than 25 million citizens, Ivory Coast is one of the most dynamic countries in the continent, aspiring this year to turn into an emerging country thanks to its constant and sustained growth, sitting at around 7% until 2023.

Customised solution

For the hotel complex, the client needed two gensets capable of adapting to the building, so at Genesal Energy we came up with a special solution.

Upon listening to the client’s needs and analyzing the hotel’s infrastructure, both units were built with their own control systems comprised of a tactile screen and a PLC in order to manage the redundant operation for both gensets.

Likewise, with the goal of making connection easier, a busway was designed so that both gensets could operate redundantly, alternating the operation between one another.

The gensets were manufactured following French standards with regard to safety installations.

Features

  • Cooling system with heat exchangers through a remote radiator.
  • Power outlet to existing busway in the installations.
  • Redundant operation.
  • Control of the distribution boards in the client’s installations.

We supplied emergency power to the Catalan Water Agency (ACA)

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The Catalan Water Agency (ACA), a public corporation affiliated with the Government of Catalonia in charge of managing this autonomous community’s water cycle, has trusted in Genesal Energy to supply emergency power to its headquarters in Barcelona, a rennovated building built in the 70s with the capacity for holding 405 members of staff.

The generator set designed by our team of engineers was custom-made according to the requirements of the ACA’s management who requested, amongst other specifications, high levels of sound attenuation and specific dimensions as the genset would be operating in a basement without ventilation, a circumstance which called for the design of a generator set with special cooling devices.

The engine, a challenge

To achieve this, two sheet exchangers were installed for the engine liquids, one for the air, one for the water, mounted onto the base frame and connected to the engine and a vertical pump to push the cooling water from the genset’s location to the remote cooler located on the roof.

Substituting the engine’s original components for bespoke ones, its connection and later testing to ensure the correct operation of the generator set, was the main challenge for our Engineering department. Furthermore, based on the client’s indications, at Genesal Energy we designed air silencers fitting the generator set’s installation room.

Features

  • 300L fuel tank + 620L optional tank.
  • Remote cooling located on roof.
  • Air-water charge exchangers water-water exchangers for engine cooling.
  • Vertical pump.
  • Air outlet silencers.

The Fenicias wind farm, in Mexico, our latest project in our quest for the wellbeing of our planet

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Electricity demand in Mexico grows at a rythm of 3% a year and in the solar power sector, the development of solar plants in the country increases year by year, generating investments of millions and thousands of jobs.

It’s no surprise that Mexico is one of the ten countries with the largest investment in clean energy of the whole planet and when it comes to power efficiency, it’s amongst the leading countries in Latin America.

The photovoltaic plant is a modern facility with capacity to generate 200 MW, which contains a booster substation, of medium voltage network, and two high voltage evacuation lines, both of 230 kVA.

We participated in the project through the manufacture and supply of three special generator sets, one of 250 kVA and two of 100 kVA. Each one of them was developed following state specifications and norms, an official certification which grants only few foreign companies the possibility to work on great governmental projects in Mexico.

The generator sets were designed in order to guarantee power supply if ever a mains failure were to happen and to operate as a back up for the booster and switching substations, in compliance with the client’s specifications.

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Features

Gensets complying with CFE W4700-10 specifications, featuring:

  • GEN110FC: Dual Voltage 240/120V.
  • GEN220F: Dual Voltage 220/127V.
  • Soundproof canopy.

Genesal emergency power for the largest combined cycle power plant in Latin America

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As part of our expansion plans in Latin America, at Genesal Energy we have designed, manufactured and supplied three generating sets of 1705 kVA, 300 kVA and 110 kVA, aiming to reinforce safety in the largest combined cycle plant in Latin America, which is located in Mexico.

The three units have been manufactured after studying the specific requirements and terrain conditions, and their function will consist of guaranteeing the energy supply in phase II of this huge electricity generation plant, which has a capacity of 1,187 MW and is composed of two generation modules, two gas turbines and a steam one.

This kind of installation always requires special loads that must be supplied permanently for the correct operation of the plant. Based on this premise, the main mission of the three Genesal generator sets will be to support the construction works of this second phase, strictly complying with the current regulations and client’s specifications.

Tailor-made solution

The solution provided by Genesal Energy consisted in equipping the plant with bespoke generators. In addition to the 300 kVA and 110 kVA gensets, the third unit (1705 kVA) has been designed to carry out a safe shutdown of the entire system in the event of an emergency.

In this sense, the client requested that the generator set was fully managed, controlled and monitored from the control panel itself, and that it was also able to start up in the event of the failure of two supply networks that the essential busbars could supply.

Thus, if the essential bus is de-energized and the external ATS system cannot recover it, the generator set starts up and takes control of the transfer system to supply the essential loads in less than ten seconds. Upon mains return, and provided that the operator validates it, the loads are returned to the network without zero crossing, guaranteeing the continuity of power supply of the loads during the process of returning from the network. Likewise, the automation of the generator allows the necessary integration with the external ATS and with the various switches that the generator set has to operate, so the starting and stopping sequence provided by the customer is followed at all times.

Like the other two gensets, this 1705 kVA unit – which has been designed to start without the need for any type of external voltage and without the need for safe voltage for the voltage circuit – has been mounted on a bespoke soundproof container with specially designed air conditioning system, motorized louvers and fans, amongst others.

On the other hand, given the space limitations of the generator set, a 4,000 liters double walled fuel tank was integrated into the container, guaranteeing a continuous operation for more than ten hours at 100% load.

Respect for the environment

Since the project was launched in 2005, the construction of the combined cycle plant generated more than 1,500 direct and indirect jobs, which has contributed to the economic development of the area as most of the jobs are local.

Combined cycle power plants generate electricity through the coexistence of two thermodynamic cycles: one uses water vapor and the other uses flue gases. In addition, combined cycle plants are considered clean energies and very low polluting, as the discarded gases are reused to produce more energy from water vapor.

We participated in the biggest photovoltaic plant in Andalusia: Cabrera Solar

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Four solar power plants, each of 50 megawatts, shape Cabrera Solar, the biggest photovoltaic project in Andalusia and one of the largest in Europe.

It’s located in Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville), and we participated in the proyect through the supply of emergency power to ensure everything runs smoothly in the event of a mains power failure.

The project, which has obtained the Declaration of Public Utility by the Regional Government of Andalusia, will produce enough power for 145.000 homes and the plant’s activity will prevent the emission of 300 equivalent kilotons of CO2.

Our client needed a tailor-made generator set, designed to provide power to the substation’s emergency components. The solution provided by our team consisted in designing a generator set with very special features, capable of ensuring the normal operation of the whole power plant at all times, just as the client required.

The Cabrera Solar project has been praised for ensuring sustainability, and the power plant’s construction works are almost finalized. Since the start of the project, more than 350 direct jobs have been created, and it has the backing of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) as well as an investment of over 43 million euros from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Features

  • 100/110 kVA generator set with Baudouin engine and Leroy Somer alternator
  • Soundproof in 2.600 mm canopy
  • 160A ATS
  • Low coolant level sensor
  • High oil temperature sensor
  • BIO 8 signal expansion module, allowing the configuration of up to 8 digital inputs or outputs according to the client’s requirements.

Emergency power to guarantee supply to a new photovoltaic plant in Mexico

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Electricity demand in Mexico grows at a rythm of 3% a year and in the solar power sector, the development of solar plants in the country increases year by year, generating investments of millions and thousands of jobs.

It’s no surprise that Mexico is one of the ten countries with the largest investment in clean energy of the whole planet and when it comes to power efficiency, it’s amongst the leading countries in Latin America.

The photovoltaic plant is a modern facility with capacity to generate 200 MW, which contains a booster substation, of medium voltage network, and two high voltage evacuation lines, both of 230 kVA.

We participated in the project through the manufacture and supply of three special generator sets, one of 250 kVA and two of 100 kVA. Each one of them was developed following state specifications and norms, an official certification which grants only few foreign companies the possibility to work on great governmental projects in Mexico.

The generator sets were designed in order to guarantee power supply if ever a mains failure were to happen and to operate as a back up for the booster and switching substations, in compliance with the client’s specifications.

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Features

  • Baseframe fuel tank for 12 hours autonomy at full load.
  • PTC´s in control panel.
  • Double-walled (steel – polyethylene) 600L external fuel tank pared for 8 hours autonomy at full load.
  • DNP 3.0 communication protocol for connection with SCADA system.
  • Inspection of FAT procedure by third party (BV).
  • Spare parts according to CFE specifications.
  • Electronic speed regulator.
  • 24V starting system.
  • Paint and painting procedure according to CFE specifications.
  • Canopy interior lighting.
  • Panel space heaters and thermostat.
  • Prepared for external start-up command.
  • Heating resistors in windings.
  • Analog excitation voltmeter and ammeter.

RTVE trusts in Genesal Energy to guarantee their connections in Mesón do Vento, one of their main strategic broadcast centers

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The RTVE Corporation has 32 Medium Wave (MW) broadcast centers, that is, the band of the electromagnetic spectrum destined to, in the case of this particular public television service, the broadcasting of Radio 1 and Radio 5 Todo Noticias.

Six of these centers are considered strategic by the company, due to their broadcasting power as well as the population they cover, and thus, they are also the most important within the Medium Wave network. These are the Majadahonda center in Madrid, Las Mesas (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Los Palacios (Seville), Palau de Plegamans (Barcelona), Torre Cotillas (Murcia) and Mesón do Vento in Galicia. For this last center, we designed a generator set with a clear objective: to guarantee the safety of the 24 hour broadcasts.

In fact, security systems are absolutely vital in this type of installations as they have to be connected to the RTVE Corporation’s security system permanently. In this case, the Mesón do Vento broadcasting center was left without emergency power due to a breakdown of the existing equipment.

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Features

  • MTU engine and Leroy Somer LSA alternator, especially selected for telecoms due to their voltage and frequency stability, thanks to their optimal fuel injection and AVR card.
  • The scope of supply included two approved 1500 litre fuel tanks in order to increase autonomy to 24 hours.
  • Redundant startup system with double starting motor and double set of batteries.
  • Fuel cut-off valve.
  • Modbus TCP/IP communication system.
  • Made-to-measure exhaust gas outlet ducts to coincide with what the client required. They incorporated spark extinguishing systems as the center is located in a natural environment, in order to avoid a fire if ever a flame were to be expelled through the exhaust gas silencer.
  • FAT procedure for 40 continuous hours at 75% load.