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Turbine No 8 up in Val De Noye 25.04.09 |
| Progress has been slow on this turbine due to bad weather but because the crew have been working so well with the weather up until now Windhoist still remain on schedule to complete this project within the customers time-frame. |
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Windhoist finish erecting turbine 7 in Val De Noye 17.04.09 |
| Windhoist have just finished erecting turbine no7 on the Siemens, Val De Noye project.. The site developer Volkswind is extremely pleased with progress on this project as wind speeds have been high and the crews have had to flexible work around the weather. During this last week a television crew from France 5 were onsite to film a turbine being erected and this short film will be aired on France 5 on Wednesday 22nd April at 1.30pm, 7pm and 11pm on the programme "Magazine de la Sante". |
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Windhoist move into new premises 14.04.09 |
| Windhoist have recently moved into new offices on a 6 hectare site in Irvine, Scotland. These facilities have been been designed specifically for our business model and includes state of the art communication and computer systems, meeting rooms, maintenance shop, stores, spray room, re-fuelling station, training room and storage yard.
Our new premises provides logistical support for our team of 100 technicians and also mechanical support for our fleet of cranes, heavy trucks and service vans.
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4th turbine up in Val De Noye 06.04.09 |
| Windhoist have now completed erection of the 4th Siemens 2.3MW 80M hub height turbine in Val De Noye, France. Our technicians are in the process of completing finishing works on these turbines and the crane has been moved to the 5th turbine and is ready to start erecting. |
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Windhoist finishing Repower, Achairn 06.04.09 |
| Windhoist have just completed erecting 3 x Repower MM82 turbines to a hub height of 59M at the Achairn Windfarm project in Wick, Scotland. Finishing works are underway at the moment and hope to be completed shortly. |
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New uniform and vans arrive |
| Windhoist have recently taken delivery of a fleet of new Ford Transit vans specifically fitted out for our needs. Windhoist employees have also recently been issued with a new uniform. This capital investment is warranted because of the harsh and often inhospitable conditions experienced onsite. |
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UFO strikes wind turbine |
| When reports surfaced that a UFO had struck an Enercon wind turbine at Conisholme Fen windfarm Windhoist were called in with our WUMAG 100M MEWP to assist Enercon technicians to inspect the damage and remove the affected blades. |
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100M MEWP at Gruig Windfarm |
| Windhoist have just completed a project at Gruig Windfarm, Ballymena, Co. Antrim utilising our experienced technicians and WUMAG 100M MEWP to repair a nacelle on a Nordex N80 2.5MW turbine at 60M hub height.
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Windhoist erect 2nd turbine in Val De Noye |
| Windhoist have just finished erecting the 2nd Siemens, 2.3MW 82VS turbine on the Val De Noye Windfarm in Northern France. The Liebherr LTM11200 (1200T) crane we are using on this project is performing extremely well and has already been moved to the next base to start erecting the 3rd turbine. |
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Windhoist on schedule at Siemens, Val De Noye |
| Windhoist have just finished erecting the 1st Siemens, 2.3MW 82VS turbine on the Val De Noye Windfarm in Northern France. We are supplying Siemens with a package including our Liebherr LTM11200 (1200T) crane and erection team to install 12 turbines on this site giving a combined capacity of 27.6 MW. |
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Windhoist get 'Wumag-Palfinger' |
| Windhoist are about to take delivery of a 'Wumag-Palfinger' WT-1000 access platform, currently the largest in the world, capable of reaching a working height of 102.5m and a maximum out-reach exceeding 36m. These duties can be achieved with a 2.47m x 1.05m x 1.10m basket offering payload capabilities up to 600kg!
This machine, mounted on a 5-axle all terrain mobile crane carrier, offers excellent flexibility on all typical UK, upland Windfarm locations without the need for additional support vehicles.
With the focus now firmly set on the minimization of work-at-height risks the Wumag offers |
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