UK's Collett & Sons Completes Equipment Transport for 87.6 MW Scottish Wind Farm Project

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 11, UK heavy transport company Collett & Sons announced that it had completed the transport of 344 wind turbine components for the Windy Standard III onshore wind farm project in Scotland, involving 20 wind turbine generators with a total installed capacity of 87.6 MW. The transport was carried out in two phases, with equipment received and dispatched via the King George V Dock in Glasgow and Ayr Harbour for overland delivery, serving the Waterhead Hill and Meaul Hill turbine clusters.

The transport included blades, towers and associated equipment for 8 E-115 and 12 E-138 turbines, plus 62 containers for auxiliary components. The E-138 blades are 68 meters long and the E-115 blades are 57.4 meters long; the heaviest single item was an E-115 turbine tower section weighing 81 tonnes.

Two ports were used for the transport: tower sections were shipped from the King George V Dock in Glasgow to the project site, a road distance of approximately 109 km; other turbine components were dispatched from Ayr Harbour, a transport distance of approximately 37 km. Blades were carried on specialized wing-type transport trailers, towers on clamp-type trailers, and other equipment on low-bed transport vehicles configured according to size and weight.

Windy Standard III is a wind farm extension project in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland, planned for 20 turbines with an installed capacity of 87.6 MW. Of these, 12 E-138 turbines use 111-meter-high steel towers and 8 E-115 turbines use 67-meter-high steel towers. With the completion of this equipment transport, the project logistics delivery task has concluded, while turbine installation, electrical connection and commissioning work remain to be carried out.