Argentina is serious about increasing its renewable energy resources, aiming for 20% of its power to come from renewables by 2025. The country has also shown it is willing to invest in new technologies to help meet its energy targets.
As part of this drive, ALE completed the transportation, craneage and electro-mechanical installation (TCI) of 16 wind turbine generators for the Loma Blanca wind farm project. ALE was able to provide the whole wind services TCI package for the operation, providing one point of contact from the receipt of components to power generation.
A total of 176 items needed to be transported the 80km from Almirante Stomi Port in Puerto Madryn to the Loma Blanca wind farm site. ALE transported the components via abnormal load transport, including specialist wind blade trailers.
Once delivered to each wind turbine platform, the components were offloaded. ALE overcame the site’s challenging narrow roads by adapting a crawler crane.
The dirt roads between the wind turbines were only 6m wide in parts, so ALE adapted a crane with the latest SPMT technologies, enabling the crane to be easily moved on the wind farm site. After installation, ALE was able to move the crane in one piece, instead of disassembling its sections for reassembly in the next lift position each time, and therefore significantly reduced the project’s schedule.
