Patent ID: 8427005

Claim:
A power module comprising: a base enclosing a fuel tank and having fuel tank fittings; an end generator module having a generator and a top, side and end panel configured to form at least a partial enclosure around the generator and to be affixed to the base in communication with the fuel tank fittings; an interior generator module having a generator and a top and a side panel configured to form at least a partial enclosure around the generator and to be ganged to the end generator module and affixed to the base in communication with the fuel tank fittings; and a switchgear module configured to be affixed to the base and ganged to at least one of the generator modules, the switchgear module including a control system in communication with each of the generator modules to coordinate the generators as a unit and to control the loading of each of the generators in response to a power load demand, wherein the end generator module, the interior generator module and the switchgear module are affixed on the base to form a substantially modular enclosure, and whereby at a subsequent time an additional generator module can be ganged to the modular enclosure and affixed to the base.