Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa
MOUNT NELSON HOTEL MAKES LIGHT DESPITE LOAD SHEDDING
Businesses and households throughout South Africa are experiencing the dark side of the country’s intermittent power cuts, but thanks to a state of the art generator system, Mount Nelson Hotel is capable of running at one hundred percent power, even during a complete blackout.
Two years ago, when Cape Town first experienced the effects of the electricity crisis, the hotel’s management team decided that the R5 million investment required to install it’s two cutting-edge generators was well worth it to ensure the comfort and security of its guests. ‘Generally hotels and guesthouses have some form of emergency generator system to cover basics like elevators and lighting in public areas, but the Mount Nelson is the only hotel in the country to ensure full power across our entire property – including all hotel rooms, all banqueting and conference venues, the Oasis and Cape Colony restaurants, Planet Bar, and the soon to be opened Librisa spa.
These generators also cover all air-conditioning and IT equipment’, says Nick Seewer, Managing Director of Mount Nelson Hotel and Orient-Express Hotels Africa. The two 1000 kilowatt generators are capable of producing enough power to run approximately 200 average South African households, yet the system is surprisingly energy efficient, running off low sulphur diesel. It’s also remarkably quiet - at 65 decibels, it’s quieter than an average passing car. The two generators are able to ‘communicate’ with each other and the city’s main power grid to determine the hotel’s power requirements and ensure a full power supply within eleven seconds of there being an outage.
And to assure glitch-free conferences and events, a sophisticated controller system has been installed to guarantee a seamless transition when the power source is reinstated.
Businesses and households throughout South Africa are experiencing the dark side of the country’s intermittent power cuts, but thanks to a state of the art generator system, Mount Nelson Hotel is capable of running at one hundred percent power, even during a complete blackout.
Two years ago, when Cape Town first experienced the effects of the electricity crisis, the hotel’s management team decided that the R5 million investment required to install it’s two cutting-edge generators was well worth it to ensure the comfort and security of its guests. ‘Generally hotels and guesthouses have some form of emergency generator system to cover basics like elevators and lighting in public areas, but the Mount Nelson is the only hotel in the country to ensure full power across our entire property – including all hotel rooms, all banqueting and conference venues, the Oasis and Cape Colony restaurants, Planet Bar, and the soon to be opened Librisa spa.
These generators also cover all air-conditioning and IT equipment’, says Nick Seewer, Managing Director of Mount Nelson Hotel and Orient-Express Hotels Africa. The two 1000 kilowatt generators are capable of producing enough power to run approximately 200 average South African households, yet the system is surprisingly energy efficient, running off low sulphur diesel. It’s also remarkably quiet - at 65 decibels, it’s quieter than an average passing car. The two generators are able to ‘communicate’ with each other and the city’s main power grid to determine the hotel’s power requirements and ensure a full power supply within eleven seconds of there being an outage.
And to assure glitch-free conferences and events, a sophisticated controller system has been installed to guarantee a seamless transition when the power source is reinstated.
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