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Windfarm scale up
Van der Vlist was requested to arrange the transport of four wind turbines with a hub height of 100 metres, needed for increasing the capacity at the Battenoert windfarm in the Netherlands.
COMPLETE TRANSPORT SOLUTION
The company offered a complete transport solution for all parts: everything from the 50 metre long blades that were transported by super wing carriers, the nacelle, hub and tower sections as well as ancillary parts that were moved on standard trailers.
THE UK’S LARGEST ONSHORE TURBINE BLADES... DELIVERED!
Some would shy away from the challenge of transporting three 145m wind turbines featuring 58.7m blades; Collett & Sons say bring it on!
MUIRHALL WINDFARM
With approval granted for the phase three of Muirhall Windfarm in South Lanarkshire the company was called upon to facilitate the import and delivery of eighteen components from the Port of Grangemouth, components which when constructed would form three GE 2.75-120 145m wind turbines.
PREVIOUS CONTRACT
Having delivered two Senvion turbines for phase two of the Muirhall extension in February 2014, the previous holders of the largest onshore turbine blade record, Collett were well practiced at traversing the route from port to pad side with the turbine component cargoes.
CHALLENGE AND THEN SOME! BARGE TRANSPORT
92 concrete segments were also delivered using four barges. The barges were placed alongside the Van der Vlist quay where the segments were then transshipped with the aid of the mobile port crane being present.
LOCATION
The close proximity of the Van der Vlist Terminal at Moerdijk to that of the windfarm allowed for a combined road and river solution that was both cost effective and environmentally friendly.
WINDFARM INCREASED PRODUCTION The expected annual production after scaling-up will be approximately 40 million kWh, four times higher than previously and sufficient for the electricity consumption of 11,000 households.
Van der Vlist
However, due to the massive 58.7m length of the phase three blades, and the even larger 63.35m overall loaded length, their teams had to undertake meticulous planning ahead of the project. To ensure suitability of the route Collett Consulting pored over data providing Swept Path Analysis Reports and route access surveys before undertaking a test drive of the route with a vehicle adapted to accurately reflect the loaded vehicle dimensions.
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