Hua Xiang Long Installs Turbines for China Three Gorges
In the early hours of 7 March the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau heavy lift salvage and installation jack-up vessel, Hua Xiang Long installed the latest turbine in the China Three Gorges … Read more
Wind Energy / Wind Power
Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller impact on the environment than burning fossil fuels
CSBC-DEME JV to Build ‘Green Jade’ in Taiwan
In an industry milestone, joint venture CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has initiated the early works contract for the very first floating heavy lift and installation vessel to be built in Taiwan. … Read more
Omega Morgan completes wind turbine move
Omega Morgan, in partnership with Texas-based Lone Star Trucking, has transported components for 38 Vestas wind turbines in Washington, USA. A total of 380 components needed to be moved from … Read more
Final touch on Liebherr’s largest crane – HLC 295000
Liebherr, one of the world’s largest crane manufacturer is putting the final touches to is 5,000 tonne HLC 295000 heavy lift marine crane , its largest crane to date. Commissioned … Read more
Sri Lankan Wind Energy Boosted by Sarens
Clients worldwide call on Sarens for the right equipment for any job, whether it’s for a one-day lift or more complex operations like the installation of wind turbines. Sarens was … Read more
Wind power giants ceased Spain operations
Two of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in Europe have ceased operations at their factories in Spain. Denmark’s Vestas, the world’s leading turbine maker, has closed both of its Spanish … Read more
PaxOcean to build SEP
PaxOcean Group has signed a new contract with Penta-Ocean Construction to construct a self-elevating platform (SEP) for use in Japan’s nascent offshore wind energy sector. The crane will be fitted … Read more
Mammoet transport 94m blade in Denmark
Siemens Gamesa Contracted Mammoet To Transport Three 94m Long Wind Turbine Blades From Storage Area At Its Manufacturing Plant In Aalborg, Denmark To A Nearby Quayside.
Zoomlion ZCC9800W breaks wind power lifting record
Zoomlion ZCC9800W crawler crane lifted the first Vestas’ V120, a 2.2MW wind turbine to a hub height of 152 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, creating a new height record in China’s wind … Read more
Zoomlion displayed ZCC9800W CICEE 2019
Zoomlion displayed the ZCC9800W, one of the largest equipment in the Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition (CICEE) held on 16th May 2019. Standing at a height of 178m with its … Read more
Australian government backs Verton
Australia-based lifting and rotation management specialist Verton Australia said it has gained financial and strategic support from the Australian government for the development of a load orientating device for wind … Read more
Emissions-free turbine blade installation
Memmingerberg, Germany-based engineering specialist Emertec has announced that its RBT, RBC and EMT wind turbine rotor blade lifters are now available as electric versions. They utilise the company’s GreenLine battery … Read more
Shimizu Begins Construction of the World’s Largest Self-Propelled SEP (Self-Elevating Platform) Vessel
Shimizu invested an estimated 50 billion yen for the world’s largest Self-Elevating Platform (SEP) vessel that is capable of transporting and crane to install ultra-large-scale offshore wind turbines. Construction of … Read more
Kandla Cargo takes delivery of refurbished LTM1750.9.1
Kandla Cargo Handlers, based in Mumbai / India, took delivery of a refurbished LTM 1750-9.1 in April this year. The nine axle crane is the largest machine in the fleet … Read more
Sarens Sign 2.5 Year Installation Partnership with Trung Nam in Vietnam
Sarens in Vietnam has kicked off an important partnership with Trung Nam in Vietnam under which they will install 1200 MW of wind turbines over the next 2.5 years. The … Read more
Avtokran-Tjumen adds Liebherr
Russian crane company Avtokran-Tjumen has added a new Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane to its fleet for wind energy works. The 500 tonner is at work constructing wind turbines on … Read more
SGRE to build on floating wind energy success
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will supply 11 of its SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines for what it claims to be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Tampen. … Read more
Sany SCC12000TM with a new twin-boom design
The SCC12000TM twin-boom design uses its conventional boom to forms the twin-boom configuration, reducing crane cost and provide better versability for more different work configurations. The tilting line reaches 9 … Read more
ALS delivers 36 wind energy components
Abnormal Load Services (ALS) has coordinated the delivery of 36 wind energy components from Germany to Denmark. The components were loaded onto a chartered vessel in Bremerhaven and delivered to … Read more
Duo Demag mobile crane for Windhoist
Windhoist UK put two new Demag wheeled mobile cranes straight to work on a wind turbine erection project in Sweden. The AC 220-5 all terrains are the first two delivered … Read more
Sany SCC12000TM completes its first lift
Many of the visitors did not manage to catch a glimpse of the new Sany SCC12000TM at Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition (CICEE) this year as the first unit of … Read more
LTM1750-9.1 completed five wind turbines in Dagebull, Germany
Heavy load contractor Kran Saller GmbH based in Deggendorf in Bavaria has erected five wind turbines at a wind farm in Dagebull, Germany, near the Danish border using a Liebherr … Read more