Companies often need to hire a generator to keep their business operational. The reasons for renting a generator are varied, ranging from a scheduled shutdown, the aftermath of floods, fire and power outages to powering up equipment for a show or exhibition. Generator rental companies offer short-medium term solutions for such situations, providing companies with the necessary power generation and equipment to ensure uninterrupted operations.
By the end of this guide, you’ll have a comprehensive understanding of generator rentals, allowing you to make informed decisions for your power needs. Whether it’s for a special event, construction project, or emergency preparedness, renting a generator can offer a convenient and reliable solution. Stay tuned for more insightful articles and tips in our generator rental blog!
Portable Generator Hire Explained
Portable generators come in all shapes and sizes. There are generators suitable for temporary power, emergency power, plant maintenance, outside broadcasts and events and theatre productions. Therefore, choosing a generator company with specialist knowledge is paramount in ensuring that your organisation rents the right generator for your specific application and power requirements.
A rental generator is only part of the overall solution needed for providing standby power. In addition, a generator rental company should be able to provide you with cable kits, bunded fuel tanks, distribution panels, security locks, low voltage transformers, earth rods, etc, which need to form part of an overall system individually tailored to your specific application.
Rental generators are normally provided as Road Tow portable sets and are usually available in sizes ranging from 30kVA to 1250kVA. For companies that have a long term or semi-permanent power requirement, it is important that a full site survey is undertaken by the generator rental company to ensure the correct solution for the application and power requirements of the site.
Why Rent a Generator?
For Events, Shows or Theatrical Productions
When a company is getting a site ready for a special event, time is of the essence, and companies require the fastest possible connection times to enable them to get equipment up and running quickly.
Available for three-phase generators ranging from 30kVA – 110 kVA, a ‘plug & play’ generator rental system enables an on-site generator installation to be up and running in less than 30 minutes.
Our generator hire for events enables quick and easy fitting, as the cables, plugs and sockets are colour coded for foolproof installation. The ‘plug and play’ system enables setting up between the generators, the AMF panel and the customer’s load to be carried out using only five plug/socket connections.
In The Event of an Emergency
When an emergency strikes, such as a fire or flood, a company needs to get its operation up and running as quickly as possible. With the goal of minimising disruptions and ensuring continuity, rental generators play a vital role. These temporary power solutions can be swiftly deployed on-site, enabling companies to resume full production within a short timeframe.
We aim to get emergency generators to the site of an emergency in a matter of hours, enabling you to get back to normal as quickly as possible.
Rental generators ranging from 50kVA to 500kVA along with remote bulk fuel tanks, distribution boards, changeover panels and cabling sets provide the necessary infrastructure to help recover from an emergency.
As a Temporary or Short-Term Solution
Whether it be for relocation, servicing or temporary projects, generator rental allows for a smooth transition that won’t impact your business practices, helping you safeguard equipment from power outages during every stage of the process.
Whether you have an emergency power outage or a planned power shut down, we have a solution to support your needs. Our team can provide fast delivery and installation of the rental equipment, and have the expertise to deliver any generator solution for any application.
200kVA Generators, are usually used in this situation, providing more than enough power for a reliable temporary power source.
As a Stand-by or Backup
Power outages can happen unexpectedly, disrupting your business or home life. We’ll provide guidance on using generator rentals during such emergencies, ensuring you’re prepared for any situation.
Standby power systems are designed to provide electricity during periods of persistent power outages or when the primary power source is expected to fail. It gives businesses the peace of mind that they will still be able to function over a prolonged duration, even if they were to experience disruptions.
We have supplied rental stand-by generators to a range of large institutions such as The University of East Anglia where the entirety of the campus’s power was held whilst work was carried out to the incoming mains power supply.
It Can be a Cost-Effective Alternative
For companies that have neither the budget nor the room to accommodate their own standby generator, renting a commercial generator offers an alternative means of insuring against business disruption during a power outage.
Our Emergency Power Call subscription service is capable of supporting any site that has either single or 3-phase mains electrical supply up to 100 amps with larger buildings being supported by dedicated circuits. This subscription service is unique as you pay a set monthly fee and have access to a network of generators across the country. In the event of a power outage, you can call our 24/7 control room, and we will arrange for a standby generator to be dispatched to you from a local depot. We have a 100-minute average response time – from notifying us to an engineer arriving on your site.
Take control of your power backup system today and experience enhanced efficiency and peace of mind.
Why Choose Shenton?
If you are a business operating within a critical industry such as healthcare, IT and manufacturing, you may be concerned that power outages may cause severe disruption to your business or even critical consequences. With the extreme weather conditions of recent years and the current economic climate, even smaller businesses experience growing concerns about power failure. Ofgem launched an investigation into a mass power outage in 2019, which concluded that weather fluctuations are at fault for the frequent loss of power. With predictions of more extreme weather and a less secure mains power supply, the demand for standby power is set to grow.
Here at Shenton, we have the knowledge and expertise of the generator rental industry to understand the challenges you are facing and how best to support them. This is complemented with our extensive rental inventory of high-quality, portable generators meaning we always have the correct fit for whatever the requirements are.
We also have a trusted reputation of being one of the leading suppliers of rental generators in the UK, we have supplied generators to some of the biggest institutions in the country and we are committed to upholding the highest standards of service. We pride ourselves on our quick response times, especially during emergencies, to ensure your business or project gets the attention it needs to ensure full functionality.
Conclusion
According to Ofgem data the UK experiences around 24 million power cuts a year, many lasting several days regardless of location. With predictions of more extreme weather and a less secure mains power supply, the demand for standby power is set to grow.
High winds, snow, severe flooding, accidents, and equipment failure cause power cuts. In this current economic climate when companies are competing for their slice of a smaller market, they cannot afford to be without power, even for a matter of hours.
Standby generator hire offers companies the ultimate solution to all major power problems. The type of solution chosen is dependent upon individual requirements, budgets, and circumstances but, whatever your situation or size, there is now a power support rental system available to ensure that all businesses large and small can continue to operate when power cuts occur.
In accordance with your specific design requirements, Shenton Group manufactures diesel fuel and gas HV & LV generators from 10kVA to 3200kVA. As a top generator manufacturer, we are committed to ensuring that power supplies continue to function in the case of a power outage as well as enhancing the sustainability of your power supply by offering leading power solutions for remote locations.
Contact us to discuss your generator rental and energy solution requirements, give our technical team a call or download your free guide.
Protecting Your Business With The Right Type of Standby Power