Sarens has announced the completion of its first TCI (transport, crane and installation) package in India after successfully installing 16 wind turbines at the 400MW wind-solar hybrid plant in Gujarat.
After announcing its entry to the Indian market in 2022, the global engineered heavy-lifting and logistics specialist completed its first TCI project for Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions in Babra, India.
To complete the project, Sarens needed to lift 16 EN3.3MW 140mHH wind turbine generators (WTGs) from their factory in Gujarat to the site storage yard in, transport them to the site location in Babra, unload them, and then finally erect the WTGs. The company deployed its Sany 8000A – an 800-tonne capacity crawler crane with a main boom length of 111m – and configured the machine with jib extensions to reach a lifting height of 140m.
The components that needed to be lifted by the Sany 8000A included the tower shell, nacelle, hub, and blades. The heaviest item was the nacelle weighing in at 90 tonnes, which was navigated easily thanks to the Sany crawler crane’s high efficiency and ease of assembly, according to the Belgian-based company.
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Overall, the installation of the 16 WTGs took five months to complete and required over 60 team members to be involved. For the transportation phase, 40 team members picked up the slack, seven of the crew were accountable for the off-loading, and fourteen people working around the clock were responsible the lifting and installation of the WTGs, according to Sarens Associate VP Wind Saravanan K.
“The team faced various obstacles and challenges during WTG logistics, but our operation experts handled it with proper risk assessment and mitigation plan,” he said.
The Gujarat plant is expected to remove 741,440 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.
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