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Boldt Construction completes major upgrade to historic Minnesota dam
Using two Manitowoc crawlers, the project involved building a new powerhouse and installing two generators, doubling the dam’s capacity to 4.4 megawatts.
Power towers: large luffing cranes for wind turbine work
New tower crane concepts for wind turbine installation. Part one of a series by Heinz-Gert Kessel
Blowing in the wind: how heavy lifting firms are gearing up for the next expansion in offshore turbines
Heavy lifting firms are gearing up to meet a rise in demand for massive offshore wind turbines driven by increasingly ambitious emissions targets
Sarens and Empire Energy sign MOU for wind work
Empire Energy Partners and Sarens form one-stop-shop for offshore wind in USA
Princess Elisabeth: cranes are crucial for island-building factory
What are these so-called ‘energy islands’ and why are they being built?
VIDEO: Manitowoc powers up renewable energy efforts
Manitowoc and Shawmut Equipment are assisting Sprague Energy in receiving and staging large wind turbine components for transportation.
Another record claimed for 4,000 tonne crane
XCMG crawler crane, now with a luffing jib, builds 18 MW offshore wind turbine, on shore
INTERVIEW: How Sarens is leading the energy transition
ICST spoke exclusively to Sarens’ commercial director of project solutions, Yannick Sel, to learn how the heavy lift giant is leading the lifting and transport work in the energy sector
Construction of US$2.6bn ‘largest’ windfarm in Southern Hemisphere underway
Construction of Southern Hemisphere’s largest windfarm started in June
Schmidbauer to lift and move 50,000 tonnes of cable
First Enerpac gantry joins fleet of German lifting and transport specialist
Denzai expands fleet with 2,500 tonne crane
Giant Liebherr crawler crane starts work in Korea this October
4,000 tonne XCMG crane claims new lifting record
New giant wheeled mobile telescopic all terrain crane outlifts its 3,000 tonne sibling to set a new record
Sarens expands offshore wind power presence with ‘largest project of its kind in the U.S.’
Sarens will receive and load out 176 monopiles, 176 transition pieces and jackets and topsides for the three offshore substations for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind farm.
EXG in marathon turbine blade move
A total of 168 wind turbine blades were moved in India by EXG
Building inside mountains: Global demand for pumped hydroelectric storage soars
How mountain lakes are being used to store the world’s excess renewable energy
World record all terrain crane goes to work
First lifts for new 3,000 tonne capacity all terrain crane completed on a wind farm
Smaller cranes to build bigger turbines
Here is a new way of erecting wind turbines, onshore and offshore, using smaller cranes than those ordinarily employed
2,000 tonne crane assembles world’s first combined wind and aquaculture facility
Heavy lift lattice boom crawler from XCMG completes heavy offshore lifts at a radius of 42 metres
17 of Saudi Arabia’s biggest construction megaprojects
Saudi Arabia is undergoing transformation at breakneck speed, as the Kingdom aims to reduce its dependence on oil under its Vision 2030 project. International Construction takes a look at 17 of Saudi Arabia’s biggest megaprojects
Building Switzerland’s second-largest wind farm
Switzerland’s Emil Egger AG used two Liebherr crawler cranes to erect the country’s second-largest wind farm, in the Jura mountains
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