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    Event Power for Broadcasting and Hospitality. Cape Town Stadium I South Africa

    HIMOINSA Southern Africa provide Prime Rental Power for Rugby World Cup Sevens Tournament in Cape Town

    Project Summary

    Location: Cape Town, South Africa 

    Customer: SARES (South Africa Rugby Events Services)

    Equipment: 

    6x HRFW-60 T5 60kVA                       2 x HRFW-125 T5 125 kVA 

    2x HRFW-200 T5 200kVA                  3x HRFW-250 T5 250kVA

    1x HRFW-350 T5 350kVA                  1x HRFW-500 T5 500kVA

    5 x Apolo Box Lighting Towers         2,400m Cable

    Situation and Objective

    The prestigious Rugby World Cup Seven’s Tournament is held every four years. In 2022, for the first time ever, it was hosted in South Africa at the 55,000 capacity Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. 

    To ensure the success of the globally supported and televised event, the organisers SARES required a power provider who could guarantee uninterrupted power to applications both in the stadium and the immediate locality, where supporting hospitality and entertainment events were located. 

    Power requirements included: 

    • All global broadcasting at the outdoor compound. 
      • Event footage is captured on the stadium cameras then feed to numerous broadcasters who wrap and distribute. Two Megatron screens in the stadium. 
      • Megatron screens were, in the past, powered by the stadium utility feed but due to the criticality of a positive and vibrant in-stadium fan experience, these needed to be powered independently for this event. 
    • Commercial activations and hospitality in the Fan Village, located outside the stadium. 
    • Temporary changing room structures for visiting international teams. 
    • Outdoor Podium surrounding the stadium for food and beverage vendors. 

    Due to the nature of event sponsor onboarding and regular changes to the power requirement from multiple third party vendors, the power provider selected needed to be flexible; in a position to amend the configuration, number and placement of units required at short notice. SARES also needed to invoice their in stadium vendors for their individual fuel consumption so detailed monitoring and reporting was required from the selected power provider. 

    Health and Safety compliancy was a critical requirement to safeguard the fans, stadium workers and contractors attending the World Cup tournament, held in a municipality owned stadium. 

    Sustainability, managing and minimising the environmental impact and noise emissions of their events is a core value of World Rugby. The Green Point stadium is situated in the centre of Cape Town in a residential, coastal location. The solution provided needed to take account of these factors.

    Solution

    HIMOINSA Southern Africa won the project via competitive tender.   

    Less is not more when considering prime and emergency power requirements for the events sector. One second of power outage in broadcasting will not go unnoticed by broadcasters, sponsors or fans and can have a significant financial and reputational implication for organisers. The power must stay on. However, installing oversized units with too much capacity for the requirement is inefficient, and potentially unreliable if not running at optimum load.

    Sustainability 

    The HIMOINSA technology supports and upholds sustainability values. HIMOINSA generators are the most fuel efficient in the market. They are super-silent and sound attenuated, compliant to rigid European emission standards and were supported with HIMOINSA’s battery technology. 

    Bespoke equipment  

    HIMOINSA Southern Africa utilised synchronisation capable 60kVA generator sets for the event. These units are not standard in Africa due to their high specification and features, however they were the correct size and specification to run efficiently, silently and with minimum emissions at this event. Synchronisation panels were also manufactured by HIMOINSA specifically for the event. Generator sets must feed into synchronisation panels to have one output source and installed redundancy whilst allowing technicians to disconnect units under live conditions; essential in the case of broadcasting. 

    N+2 Redundancy 

    N+1 is standard redundancy for critical applications. Taking no chances HIMOINSA installed N+2 on the prime broadcasting and big screen applications. The Megatron screens maximum load is 200kVA each. To ensure that there would be no interruption in supply should there be a disruption with one unit, 2 x 200kva synchronised units ran at 100kVA each so one could automatically pick up all the load if required. In addition, a spare generator set was located next to the two that were running that could be quickly and easily connected should this be required. 

    Health & Safety 

    Health and safety of the fans is always the number one priority for SARES and the events sector. The low voltage cable length for the Megatron screens alone was 2,000m. This cable was run under and up the side of the stadium. All necessary precautions were taken to safely encase and cover the cables, also hiding the generators and lighting towers from view. Lighting towers provided security lighting at the entrance, emergency exits and ablutions in the Fan Village, as well as ambient lighting within.  Certificates of Compliance were provided by an independently appointed electrical engineer to approve every generator and lighting tower installed to meet the Coty of Cape Town compliancy requirement. 

    Fuel Efficiency & Fuel Management 

    Sizing the generator sets accurately to the load reduces costs through efficient fuel consumption. 

    Fuel Management was crucial to the efficient running of the units during the event because, for health and safety reasons, units could not be refuelled during tournament hours, this could only take place between 1.30am-4am. 

    Refuelling had to be completed when the stadium was empty of people and before the dawn bomb-sweep. Two generator sets, providing prime power to the main bar in the Fan Village, were synchronised in order that the units ran efficiently at a level whereby neither required refuelling during the event, which was not possible during the tournament hours. 

    During the event all the generators were physically and remotely monitored at all times, using DSE WebNet technology to check fuel levels, oil pressure and temperature. 

    Fuel management was conducted by the HIMOINSA technical team on site throughout the event on behalf of SARES, who needed to provide detailed fuel consumptions data to each of the vendors relying on prime or back up power to service their customers. 

    Dedicated Project Management & Technical Team  

    For a complex installation, working and coordinating with several organisations to ensure a safe and efficient event activation and demobilisation, the HIMOINSA Team assigned a dedicated project management and technical team. The team of six provided continuity of service and resources during each stage of the event organisation, activation and decommissioning. 

    In preparation for the event, weekly stadium visits were conducted to meet with SARES and the City of Cape Town to plan the site requirements, unit placement and cable runs, all of which were subject to change as sponsors and suppliers came on board. 

    Time management and organisation was critical. The stadium could only be accessed six days prior to the Tournament. Generators were an essential, heavy, large load equipment which required early placement on crane trucks before other vendors, who were also on a tight timeline. The team scheduled effectively and factored in contingency planning, successfully avoiding delays and safety risks. This was in fact proven to be needed, as there were high winds and storms in Cape Town the weekend before the event, but the contingency plans were activated immediately which avoided any installation delays. 

    After 2,400m of cable, fifteen generators and six lighting towers were successfully placed, two days of testing and commissioning were carried out, after which time changes could not be made. 

    During the three day event, the team were on site monitoring the units in person and remotely at all times. Technicians were stationed at the generator sites with runners and Project Management overview of all generators and Lighting Towers. 

    After the tournament, three days of decommissioning followed before the next event at the stadium was scheduled to take place. 

    A full project post-event debriefing took place with SARES and the HIMOINSA Southern Africa Project Management and Technical Teams to ensure that the solution and service received achieved the operational and financial results and efficiencies required for the event. and commissioned a fully functioning power plant within three weeks of the site being ready. 

    CSR


    It is the view of HIMOINSA Southern Africa that sport can, and should, be a vehicle to uplift and unite individuals and communities, both through participation and support. Events such as the Rugby World Cup Sevens shine a global spotlight on sports. 

    Exposure to different sports can provide youngsters who are motivated, dedicated and hard working the opportunity to follow career paths they may never have known were open to them. Sport instils discipline and encourages mentorship and unity, values that empower communities. 

    HIMOINSA Southern Africa were supported by SARES to access an allocation of tickets on a Value in Kind basis. We proudly hosted young rugby players and coaches from Connect Academy, a Cape Town based organisation that uses the sports industry to nurture young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, unlocking their potential in the professional, adult world with consistent access to quality resources and opportunities. 

    Comments

    Jaco Diedericks I HOD Tournament Operations I S.A. Rugby Event Services SARES

    “The HIMOINSA Southern Africa technical and project management teams were absolutely phenomenal, it would not have been possible to have executed the flexible solutions needed to meet some of the operational challenges of the event successfully without the dedication of your team working around the clock, standing by us to provide whatever support we needed.” 


    Athini Nyamela I Tournament Services Manager I S.A. Rugby Event Services SARES

    “The HIMOINSA Southern Africa technical and project management teams were absolutely phenomenal, it would not have been possible to have executed the flexible solutions needed to meet some of the operational challenges of the event successfully without the dedication of your team working around the clock, standing by us to provide whatever support we needed.” 

    Matthew Bell  I  Director of Business Development - HIMOINSA Southern Africa

    “The HIMOINSA Southern Africa technical and project management teams were absolutely phenomenal, it would not have been possible to have executed the flexible solutions needed to meet some of the operational challenges of the event successfully without the dedication of your team working around the clock, standing by us to provide whatever support we needed.” 

    Max Benson I  Director  - Connect Academy

    “We were delighted to partner with HIMOINSA Southern Africa to create lasting memories for so many of our participants at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. It is vital to expose young people to a future not limited by their background or personal circumstances and we’d be thrilled to work together in the future as part of our mission to use sport as a vehicle to nurture South Africa’s next generation”  

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