How to Prepare for a Power Outage

Is your business or facility ready for a power outage? Whether planned events and maintenance or emergencies due to increasingly erratic weather patterns and growing demands on the grid, power outages can significantly disrupt the productivity and operations of those not properly prepared.

Why Power Outage Preparedness is Important

Some power outages last briefly, but others can last several days. And while there might be warning, power loss can also occur suddenly, without explanation or reason. Power outage preparation for your operations will keep your business and facilities powered. Here's how to get ready.

Reliable Generators for Your Business Continuity Plan

It's important to have a backup generator to power your business when the grid fails. Stay prepared with emergency standby power for your essential operations equipment. Invest in durable commercial generators and keep your business operational. Caterpillar offers on-site generator sets and rental power solutions to support the grid and enables industries, such as agriculture, construction, manufacturing, data centers, education, healthcare, municipalities, water treatment, utilities, telecoms, and financial institutions, to continue mission-critical operations such as:

  • Providing lifesaving services.
  • Keeping products and inventory safe.
  • Maintaining revenue.
  • Supporting transportation.
  • Preventing food from spoiling.
  • Delivering clean and safe drinking water.
  • Ensuring people keep working.
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CATERPILLAR CAN HELP YOU PREPARE

After determining power requirements, your Cat® dealer can help you formulate a plan that is customized to your site and meets your power and budget requirements.

  • On-site generator sets
  • Rental solutions
  • Combination of ownership and rental solutions

 

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  • A Cat power generator system designed to your specifications
  • Backup power already installed prior to an outage
  • Dealer expertise and services for the life of your generator set
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Rental

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  • Engineered for easy transport and fast installation
  • Designed to work alone or in redundancy
  • Meet your greatest power need with less investment
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Cat® GC Gensets for Backup Power

  • D100 GC
    Maximum Rating
    100 ekW
    100 ekW
    Minimum Rating
    100 ekW
    100 ekW
    Emissions/Fuel Strategy
    U.S. EPA Cert., Tier 3
    U.S. EPA Cert., Tier 3

    D100 GC

    Producing reliable power of 100 ekW at 60 Hz, our D100 GC diesel generator sets designed to ISO 8528-5 transient response requirements. All D100 GC generator sets meet EPA Stationary Emergency (Tier 3) emissions standards.

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  • D500 GC (60 Hz)
    Maximum Rating
    500 ekW
    500 ekW
    Minimum Rating
    500 ekW
    500 ekW
    Emissions/Fuel Strategy
    EPA Stationary Emergency
    EPA Stationary Emergency

    D500 GC (60 Hz)

    The D500 GC diesel generator sets have been developed to meet your needs in standby applications. Producing reliable power of 500 ekW at 60 Hz, meeting ISO 8528-5 transient response requirements and built to accept 100 % rated load in one step. The engines are certified for U.S. EPA Certified for Stationary Emergency Use Only (Tier 2 or Tier 3 Nonroad Equivalent Emission Standards).

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Energy as a Service (EaaS)

Find out how you can feed the grid for energy savings and revenue opportunities.

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Energy as a Service

Hybrid Energy Solutions

Provide a balanced approach to the energy transition by integrating renewable energy, storage, and conventional power generation.

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Hybrid Energy Solutions


 

What to Expect From Your Cat Dealer

Click on the button to fill out a short form. An experienced dealer will contact you to discuss a custom solution and pricing options that best suit your needs. 

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industries & applications

We are dedicated to developing a power systems solution that meets your needs, regardless of the application.

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Generator Set Sizing Calculators

Caterpillar Electric Power now has two tools available for sizing gensets in any application. 

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The Cat Dealer Network

The Cat dealer network makes it easy for customers around the world to get parts and services support. With the help of Cat dealers, you can keep doing the work. 

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