News Release from Vestas
Wind Industry Profile of
06/09/2010
Product Pick of the Week - The Erickson Air-Crane
The European office of Erickson Air-Crane has teamed-up with Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Denmark to construct twelve new V90-3.0 3 MW wind turbine generators on ridge tops near the mountain village of Ricigliano, Italy.
The S-64F air crane flew with a 400 ft (125-meter) line to deliver 36 blades – each 144 ft (44 meters) – that will attach to the generators. Narrow, steep cornered roads made conventional crane delivery difficult. Therefore, the air crane carried individual blades from a central staging yard approximately 9 miles (15 kilometers) to each construction site. The craft lifted 39 blades, each 15,800-lb (7,110 kg), in less than 4 days.
“We worked closely with Vestas to craft a rigging system tailored to their individual blade type that provided a higher than expected level of stability and safety,” Mark Lumry, project manager for Erickson Air-Crane, said.
Vestas currently offers several wind turbine models from the 850 kW V52 to the largest model, the V90 3 MW turbine generator, which generates power for approximately 3,400 households, according to the Vestas website.
For more information please contact Trevor Sievert at ts@windfair.net
The S-64F air crane flew with a 400 ft (125-meter) line to deliver 36 blades – each 144 ft (44 meters) – that will attach to the generators. Narrow, steep cornered roads made conventional crane delivery difficult. Therefore, the air crane carried individual blades from a central staging yard approximately 9 miles (15 kilometers) to each construction site. The craft lifted 39 blades, each 15,800-lb (7,110 kg), in less than 4 days.
“We worked closely with Vestas to craft a rigging system tailored to their individual blade type that provided a higher than expected level of stability and safety,” Mark Lumry, project manager for Erickson Air-Crane, said.
Vestas currently offers several wind turbine models from the 850 kW V52 to the largest model, the V90 3 MW turbine generator, which generates power for approximately 3,400 households, according to the Vestas website.
For more information please contact Trevor Sievert at ts@windfair.net
- Source:
- Online Editorial, www.windfair.net
- Author:
- Posted by Trevor Sievert, Online Editorial Journalist
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- vestas-centraleurope@vestas.com
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- Keywords:
- Wind energy, wind power, wind turbine, wind mill, offshore, onshore, wind farm, renewable energy