Genesal Energy launches an Augmented Reality mobile app to visualise our generator sets ‘in situ’.

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The app, available for Android and iOS, allows you to see the inside of the gensets in real size and to check how they fit in the area chosen by the customer.

Using the Augmented Reality app

Do you need a generator set but you are not sure how it will fit once installed? Any concerns about the dimensions of the space you have reserved for it? Will it leave space for maintenance? Genesal Energy has decided to put an end to these doubts. Customers will be able to see the generator set they are considering purchasing in real size using their tablet or mobile phone. It’s Augmented Reality.

‘Try before you buy’ is always a highly valued experience by customers but in case of large products such as generator sets is not at all easy. Genesal Energy has created an AR (Augmented Reality) catalogue to provide the sales team with a state-of-the-art tool that allows them to simulate the layout of the generator set(s).

The mobile application, available for Android and iOS devices, allows to present a full-scale 3D model in any location, anywhere. Simple, “You directly select a model of our range and you can see it on a screen as if it were right in front of you, in real size”, explains Álex Blanco, Innovation Director.

The “Genesal Energy: AR catalogue” App is capable of positioning our generator set models on any surface, virtually visualising the machines in the location chosen by the customer to check the dimensions and suitability to the available space with absolute precision.

As if they were in front of you

“You select a model of our range and you see it on the screen as if you had it physically in front of you in real size, opening the doors to see how it fits in the space. It is a very helpful tool for our sales team, as they can arrive at a construction site and position the equipment in the area or in the target room and check the dimensions. Also, if there is any collision when opening the doors, see what the access to the interior is like.

 It is very easy for users to use the app and position the equipment without help, take screenshots and send them to us so we can check them without having to send a salesperson or a technician to the site”, explains Mr. Blanco.

This App has been developed in collaboration with Xoia and the support of the Ministry of Industry.  The Activa Financing line will allow us to offer a plus, an added value to our range of generator sets, as well as optimising processes and being at the forefront of new 4.0 Industry technologies.

News - Emergency generators for stadiums

Power Solutions for Stadium Emergencies

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Emergency power generating sets are a must in any stadium where competitions or tournaments are held.
Virtual image of soccer stadium

The lighting in stadiums is special since it must be uninterrupted during the matches, therefore, high reliability is essential. In addition, the design and manufacturing processes is carried out according to a series of parameters related to the particularities and dimensions of the facility, i.e. the seating capacity of the venue. Emergency generators for stadiums are a must.

In stadiums, emergency power is not only necessary to allow the sports competition to run smoothly in case of a power cut, but also, and most importantly, it is essential for safety, providing lighting and guaranteeing the operation of basic services in circumstances such as an evacuation.

The stadiums of Mendizorroza in Vitoria, Anduva in Burgos or Manuel Martínez Valero in the city of Elche, are some of the projects we have developed ensuring this type of facilities are always lit. Nevertheless, these are all customised solutions where the previous in-site work is of great importance to obtain the best results.

 

Oversized generator sets

In Mendizorroza, the Deportivo Alavés stadium, Genesal Energy opted for a 650 kVA High-Capacity emergency generator set ready to start automatically in the event of a power failure.

This upgrade was part of the stadium major refurbishment plan. An investment of more than 50 million euros that involved, among other works, increasing the seating capacity of the stadium by 60%, as in addition to football matches, it will be used to hold other recreational events.

The solution designed by our engineers included an oversized alternator to power the lighting of the football pitch; mainly metal-halide lamps. This type of luminaire has high performance – both in terms of light and colour – but also a drawback: they have a high peak start-up voltage & start-up and restart times of between five and ten minutes.

The Genesal Energy generating set is capable of powering this type of load and restoring the lighting in the stadium in the shortest possible time. Likewise, its electronic engine management allows maintaining a constant value in the frequency during continuous power supply and has a very fast recovery when faced with the load impacts at start-up.

Emergency generators for stadiums Mendizorroza

 

Emergency lighting at the Mirandés stadium

Four 42-metre-high towers and 120 LED spotlights illuminate the Estadio Municipal Anduva, With a seating-capacity of 6.000, it’s home to Club Deportivo Mirandés, the football team from Burgos. Genesal Energy has supplied it with a high-capacity, soundproofed emergency generator. To achieve maximum precision, we took care of the load calculation, designing a 900 kVA group with a highly reliable engine and sized to feed large peak loads.

Generator installed in Mirandés

Prioritising power and reliability in the development of the project, we also supplied continuous energy to guarantee the special lighting for the broadcasting of the matches in 4K HD quality, at the football stadium in the city of Elche.

Soccer field generator for the city of Elche

Infallible power for extreme security at a hospital in Germany

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Hospitals are critical infrastructures because of their great importance to society.

They require special security measures in areas such as the power supply, key in the operation of these buildings. Electricity can never fail.

Genesal Energy specialises in offering the healthcare sector highly innovative energy solutions with all the warranties in terms of design, manufacture and maintenance. Machines capable of starting up in record time – in the event of a failure in the network – securing the operation of ORs, ICUs and other equipment.

The high quality and innovation of our own-manufactured generator sets has led us to design projects for hospitals all over the world and one of the latest orders has been for the Lukas Neuss one in Germany.

With 13 specialities and a staff of almost 1,000 professionals, this leading hospital is located in Neuss, a city of more than 150,000 inhabitants in the Westphalia region. Genesal Energy has reinforced the safety of the facilities designing, manufacturing and commissioning an emergency power unit. Among many other features, it complies with local emissions’ standards for combustion engines and water protection and is suitable for operation at low temperatures.

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What makes it so special? Stage V generators

The generator set designed for the Neuss hospital has a latest-generation Stage V engine with particles filter, catalytic converter and urea system to comply with the demanding German emissions regulations. The machine must also be fitted with trays to collect any type of polluting liquid such as fuel, oil, coolants, etc.

In addition, it is equipped with leak detection systems to prevent spillage and motorised louvers and interior heating to ensure start-up in adverse weather conditions.

Technical Data

  • Power panel integrated in the container.
  • WHG compliant.
  • Leak detector in the container rooms and in the double-walled tank.
  • Motorised air inlet and outlet louvres.
  • Interior space heaters.

Generator set for a hangar at Barajas airport with a surface area equivalent to three football pitches.

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Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport leads the ranking of air traffic in Spain. It closed the 2023 financial year with a passenger volume of more than 60 million and more than 380,000 operations carried out.

The figures reflect the importance of this airfield which, due to its colossal dimensions, needs to have many hangars where aircraft can “rest”. Premises equipped to carry out repairs and maintenance operations inside.

They are normally designed to house more than one aircraft and emergency power is key to their operation. With a surface area of more than 22,400 square metres, the equivalent of almost three football pitches, one of these airport hangars needed a special generator. Genesal Energy has just supplied contingency power to prevent a significant loss of time and money with a special genset for airports.

Tailor-made: generator set for a hangar

“The client required the customised manufacture of hoppers and bellows for the generator’s cooling air outlet, as well as a gas duct with 90° bends to adapt to the layout of the hangar’s generator room“, explain the engineering staff which developed this project. 

Our engineering team’s solution consisted of a highly customised generator set, which was manufactured according to the customer’s requests, seeking the best options for a special site with such particular dimensions.

Technical Data

  • Power panel integrated in the alternator, allowing the intake of two cables per phase.
  • Calculation of the necessary cross-sections for the inlet and outlet of gases in the room, tailor-made hopper and bellows.
  • Oversized exhaust silencer model.
  • Multicolour control panel.
  • Heating system.
  • Integrated 350 L tank.

Genesal Energy provides emergency power for two sugar farms in Tanzania

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Africa is a continent with great natural resources. Market studies of the states in the eastern region, formed by 14 countries, reflect a 3% growth of the energy sector in the coming years.

In this favourable scenario, one country stands out: Tanzania.

With a population of more than 63 million people, Tanzania’s agriculture is an important source of income, representing 25% of GDP, and sugar cane is one of its most profitable crops. Within this sector, the Kilombero Sugar company is a heavyweight. Its projects to increase production in the medium and long term require solid infrastructures capable of withstanding any unforeseen power supply eventuality, the country having a very deficient electricity network.

Reliability: emergency energy gensets for sugar farms

Genesal Energy has just reinforced the safety of the energy supply in one of its factories of brown sugar for direct consumption.

The company owns and operates two farms close to each other, Msolwa K1 and Ruembe K2, located on both sides of the Great Ruaha River and linked by a bridge. Both farms are involved in brown sugar production and need a very reliable network to carry out their daily business.

The project developed by Genesal Energy for Kilombero Sugar focused on the design, manufacture and commissioning of two soundproof generator sets with three different rooms each: engine-alternator room, control room and storage room.

2xGEN2000YC features:

  • Two soundproofed generator sets were designed in 40 feet containers, guaranteeing an average sound pressure level of 85 dB at 1 m.
  • The container has 3 separate rooms: engine-alternator room, control room and storage room.
  • A Baudouin engine was fitted with a Mecc Alte alternator on an electro-welded steel base with anti-vibration blocks.
  • A 2000 L, double-walled, certified tank was installed inside the container.
  • A water spray fire detection and extinguishing system was installed in the group room and the storage room.
  • CO 2 extinguishers were installed in the control room.
  • Air-conditioned control room.
  • C5 paint surface treatment, in accordance with ISO12944

GEN1100YC features:

  • 40ft Container, guaranteeing an average sound pressure level of 85 dB at 1 metre.
  • Container with 3 separate rooms: engine-alternator room, control room and storage room.
  • Baudouin engine & Mecc Alte alternator on an electro-welded steel base with anti-vibration blocks.
  • 2000 L, double-walled, type-approved tank installed inside the container.
  • Water-spray fire detection and extinguishing system installed in the genset and the storage rooms.
  • CO2 extinguishers in the control room.
  • Air-conditioned control room.
  • C5 paint surface treatment, in accordance with ISO12944

Genesal Energy participates in Data Centre World London, Europe’s leading trade fair specialising in data centres.

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Visitors will have the opportunity to see the company’s most advanced generator sets, characterised by their cutting-edge technology.

Data Centre World

Bergondo (A Coruña). 2024, February

Genesal Energy will show its latest innovations in generator set solutions for data centres and critical facilities at the Data Centre World 2024 in London. This prestigious trade fair that will bring together the sector’s world elite in the capital of the United Kingdom on the 6th and 7th of March. A chance to exchange experiences, learn about the latest products on the market and showcase the most cutting-edge technologies.

Data Centre World (DCW London) is the leading forum for data centre professionals, held in London’s largest exhibition centre, the ExCel. Genesal Energy is going to showcase its latest advances in data centres, a market where the Galician company has been innovating for years to offer the most robust and reliable generator sets. The best service to these key facilities for the digital transformation.

The present and future of data centres, the latest trends, the importance of sustainability and the challenges & opportunities offered by a sector in constant transformation will be the topics to analyse and debate at the annual DCW. London will be the European capital of data centres for two days, both in terms of the number and prestige of exhibitors and attendees.

For Genesal Energy, the fair will also be a good opportunity to exchange experiences and to show its last-generation products adapted to the Uptime Institute standards. The company will have its own stand, D1282, where visitors will be able to exchange their views with professionals from the Spanish company, characterised by providing customised solutions tailor-made to the needs of the client.

About Genesal

Genesal Energy is a business group based in Northern Spain devoted to the distributed energy sector with a firm commitment to innovation, specialisation and sustainability. It takes pride in its strong R&D department and designs, manufactures, and services top-quality generator sets. Internationalisation is key to its business strategy – 70% of its production is exported – it has subsidiaries in Mexico and Peru and sells its products to more than 30 countries.

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We bring energy to the “Carlos Tartiere”, the largest football stadium in Asturias with a seating capacity of 30,500

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With 30,500 seating capacity, the “Carlos Tartiere” municipal football stadium, home to Real Oviedo, is also the largest sports venue in Asturias.

Genesal Energy has designed an open and customised generator set for stadium to guarantee the electricity supply in the event of a possible failure of the main grid. If it happens, the show must go on.

For facilities of this type, the availability of emergency generators has become compulsory by law. The reason is to prevent a simple blackout from forcing the cancellation of a match or competition, with the consequent inconvenience that this would cause the players, spectators and, above all, the club, as it would have serious economic and reputational consequences.

Emergency generator for stadium

“The installation of a generator set in a football stadium guarantees 100% of the electricity supply and that the events in the stadium can take place normally, without problems”, explained the Genesal Energy Engineering Department.

In this type of project, the generator sets must have highly reliable engines to assume the loads quickly in the event of a grid failure, maintaining not only the frequency but also the generation voltage.

Genesal Energy is perfectly aware of the importance of small details and precision in the manufacturing process of generating sets for sports venues and we have carried out numerous projects in this sector. Among our latest works we can highlight the emergency systems for the Mendizorroza stadium and for the municipal stadium of Anduva.

Which was our solution for Real Oviedo FC?

Our client needed to replace a generator in poor condition and reorientate the air inlet and gas outlet due to works being carried out at the sports facility. Based on this premise, the engineering department developed an open generator on a laminated ‘U’ with an independent 1,000 litre tank, switch on alternator and compact box of two batteries. The customer required the input to the group power with two cables per phase and the customised manufacture of the hopper and bellow for the air outlet of the radiator.

Features

  • Emergency unit with external start-up.
  • Open skid on laminated ‘U’.
  • 4-pole CB on alternator.
  • Dimensions adapted to customer’s room.
  • ComAp InteliLite4 AMF 25 controller.
  • Additional heating pump.
  • Additional tank 1,000 litres.

Emergency generating sets for the 4.0 conversion of a large shipyard in Spain

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Genesal Energy has designed three special shipyard generator sets to reinforce the security in the power supply of one of the main Galician shipyards, a benchmark in Spain.

The purpose of the works is to convert the shipyard into a ‘smart factory’ improving all the processes and tools of its value chain and production centres to incorporate them into the new digital ecosystem. A 4.0 Shipyard.

The equipment was manufactured to complement the renovation works on the facilities of the famous shipyard. This works cover four fields of action: machinery and products, applications, people and company. The customer required three generator sets for the supplementary power supply station with a production capacity of 4,5 MVA with an option to extend it by 2,2 MVA.

If there was a power failure at the substation supplying the shipyard, there would be a serious problem, hence the importance of back-up power: our generator sets would be up and running within seconds. Guaranteeing the safety and optimal operation of the facilities.

Shipyard generator: versatility, a plus

The tailor-made generator sets are adapted to work in a saline environment and are 100% versatile. The control system is adapted to operate in parallel with the grid, and an automatic diesel fuel transfer system was designed for refilling from a central tank.

“We took into account the loads that are going to feed the equipment and the type of control that the client is going to use in the installation”, explained Engineering. The containers were also customised according to the final location of the machinery with the colour and design requested by the client.

Features

Equipment for saline environment:

  • Stainless steel exhaust gas silencer.
  • Marinised alternator.
  • Alternator anti-condensation resistor.
  • PT100 probes in alternator windings.
  • Motorised air inlet and outlet louvres.
  • Stainless steel ventilation louvers.
  • Surface paint treatment according to ISO12944 – C5M.
  • Container design requested by the customer.
  • Motorised CBs.

We take part in the extension of Extresol, the solar thermal plant in Badajoz

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When it came into operation in 2010, Extresol-1 was the second plant of its kind in the world.

A budget of 300 million euros, 50 MW of installed power and the use of the most advanced technologies. Extresol uses cylindrical-parabolic collectors within a solar radiation concentration system equipped with a sun-tracking mechanism. The task of these plants is to direct solar radiation from the reflecting surfaces onto the receiver tube and concentrate it about eighty times.

A generator for a solar thermal plant

Built on 2,25 square kilometres of land in Badajoz, Southwest Spain, Extresol currently supplies electricity equivalent to the consumption of more than 30,000 homes and avoids the emission of 149,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. Genesal Energy takes part in the expansion works of this infrastructure doing what we do best: reinforcing the security system with a solid emergency network to avoid issues and shutdowns in the event of failure in the network.

Customer’s need

Our client needed to guarantee the emergency supply in the event of a failure in either of the two existing transformers and it had to be done independently. Genesal Energy installed a 935/1010 KVA open genset placed inside one of the plant buildings, with double switching mounted on the genset itself due to the existing space limitations, and also double mains detection, operating the equipment independently for each of the transformers.

Technical Data

  • 1000 litre specially designed fuel tank on the bedplate.
  • Switchboard integrated in the bedplate, equipped with two 1600A 4P 230V motorised ATS.
  • ATS Mains detection system.
Gas generator in natural environment

We bring our energy to the Montseny Natural Park, World Biosphere Reserve

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The southernmost fir forest in Europe is located in the Montseny Natural Park (Barcelona), declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1978.

A privileged environment that extends over more than 30,000 hectares. There, in the heart of nature, you can find holiday camps & farmhouses where vulnerable families’ children can enjoy unforgettable summers in a film-like area.

The challenge: installing a generating set in a protected place

Genesal Energy has provided emergency power to guarantee the electricity supply in one of these holiday homes located in Sant Pere de Vilamajor. In such a special and protected place, from an environmental point of view, the care taken when developing the project was of the utmost importance.

Gas generator in natural environment

Genesal Energy’s engineering department paid utmost attention to the location of the generator set, which had to operate in a natural park protected by UNESCO. So, from the very beginning one of the objectives was to reduce the acoustic and visual impact of the generator set so as not to spoil the beauty of the site.

The project included the installation of a gas generator, which is more environmentally friendly in terms of CO2 emissions than a diesel generator. The generator set was manufactured in a soundproof cabin to lower the noise levels of the machine as much as possible.

Technical Data

These are its main features:

  • LPG gas engine.
  • Alternator with auxiliary winding.
  • No fuel tank on the base frame, which functions as a tray for liquid collection.