Glasgow-based generator specialist Dieselec Thistle has been awarded what it claims to be the largest standby generator installation project ever to be installed in Scotland.

Above: From left: Darren Pike (Brookfield Multiplex), Paul Moore (Dieselec Thistle) and Ed McIntyre (Mercury Engineering).

The £5m contract is for 10 generators at the New South Glasgow Hospital (NSGH).

Currently under construction by Brookfield Multiplex for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, the hospital is due to open in 2015. A major centre for specialist medical services, it will provide 1,109 beds across 14 storeys. It is the largest hospital ever to be built in Scotland.

The project has been subcontracted to Dieselec Thistle by M&E contractor, Mercury Engineering.

Dieselec Thistle will supply 10 FG Wilson 2.5MVA standby generators for the hospital, each with full sound attenuation equipment, exhaust gas silencers, fuel tanks, and synchronising control systems that will ensure they all operate effectively together as a single, 25MVA power generation system.

The high voltage (11,000 volts) generators will be capable of providing enough electricity to power 2,500 homes, ensuring that the hospital’s standby power provision has plenty of capacity to support vital hospital services should the mains supply fail.

Installation of the first phase, comprising five generator sets, should be complete by early May. The second installation will follow, in line with the hospital build programme, for completion during 2015.

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