Lighting up Victoria three months ahead of scheduLe.

macarthur Wind farm, Victoria, austraLia

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oct 24 2011

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instaLLing one of140 Wind turbines

the Wind farm from a rotor bLade’s perspectiVe

scaLe pLus experience equaLs unparaLLeLed productiVity.

oct 18 2012

another timeLy instaLLationdec 8 2011

round the cLock operation

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The 420-megawatt MacArthur

Wind Farm in Australia is the

biggest in the Southern Hemi-

sphere. Mammoet Wind played

a key role in MacArthur’s

realization by installing 140

3-megawatt wind turbines. Prior

to this ambitious wind project,

only four turbines of this type had

ever been installed anywhere in

the world. Relying on extensive

experience, operational excel-

lence and cranes that require

minimal civil works, Mammoet

Wind completed the enormous

job three months ahead of

schedule – installing one full

turbine every eight hours.

Installing large-scale wind farms

typically involves many repetitions

of a single set of activities. The key

to saving time is a combination of

scale, efficient project management

and operational excellence. For the

McArthur project, Mammoet Wind

achieved this synergy by pairing its

installation expertise with the vast

Mammoet equipment base. As a

result, Mammoet was able to realize

a swift mobilization of resources in

the remote Victorian hills. Mammoet

Wind compiled a fleet of cranes that

could complete the installation well

before the deadline. But while time

was of the essence, the high profile

nature of the project made safety

just as important as fast delivery.

Therefore, Mammoet Wind was

selected for its track record and

safety culture.

Before installing the first turbine,

Mammoet Wind had already won

time by bringing in its narrow track

cranes that could maneuver on

roads only 5.5-meters wide. With

140 turbines to install, this narrow

road requirement resulted in huge

time and cost savings on road

construction. Using the CC2800

Narrow Track and TC2800 as the

two main cranes, together with the

LR1300W Narrow Track as the base

and mid-tower crane, Mammoet

Wind was able to keep up a high

installation pace. A total of more

than 1,120 critical lifts were carried

out over a period of 11 months.

The heaviest were the lifts of the

nacelles, which could be installed

in one piece with the narrow track

crane configuration.

The entire project took 15 months

from planning to demobilization.

Extensive experience in building

wind farms enabled Mammoet Wind

to ensure fast and safe installation

of the turbines and relocation of the

cranes between the 140 turbines.

The time saved on turbine

installation resulted in an early

connection to the grid – three

months sooner than originally

planned.

ResouRces

cRanes 2 crawler cranes (narrow track) 1 lattice boom truck crane4 hydraulic cranes

TRanspoRT 4 prime movers8 conventional trailers

cRew 48 Mammoet professionals