South Texas Group Honors Aggreko for Environmental Stewardship

Power generation and temperature control rental specialist Aggreko has won the Environmental Stewardship Award at the fourth annual 2016 Eagle Ford Excellence Awards luncheon presented by the South Texas Energy and Economic Roundtable (STEER) in San Antonio Nov. 30.

Michael Roth

Dec. 7, 2016

2 min read

The Environmental Stewardship Award honors companies working in the Eagle Ford area that make it their obligation to preserve the environment responsibly. The award was bestowed on Aggreko for its power automation system that eliminates idling and reduces emissions, regardless of the fuel source. The application can save more than 60 percent in fuel costs and increases uptime, Aggreko says, as it lowers maintenance needs and reduces failures associated with overheating and excessive idle time.

Aggreko was recognized with the same award in 2014 for its use of natural gas power solutions in the oil patch.

“Aggreko is honored to once again be recognized by STEER for our ability to provide power solutions that aid in reducing carbon emissions to the environment,” said Mel Parker, managing director, Aggreko North America. “We take our role as an environmental steward very seriously and remain committed to innovating eco-friendly solutions for the energy industry.”

Aggreko’s scalable power automation systems can be retrofitted on diesel and natural gas generators sets and incorporates a hybrid batter control kit that synchronizes stop and start programmable logic controls, tank level switches, thermostat contacts, or any other digital switches. The system is designed for artificial lift systems, midstream pumping stations and de-watering facilities.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.