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United Kingdom

Gallery: The hilly route from port to project

UK: Heavy lifting firm Collett spent almost three months transporting Senvion 3.4MW components through the Peak District to the site of the Crook Hill project

  • Collett Transport delivered 33 blades for the 11 Senvion 3.4MW turbine

    Collett Transport delivered 33 blades for the 11 Senvion 3.4MW turbine

  • Two reach stackers load the 50-metre blades onto the trailer for deliver to Crook Hill project

    Two reach stackers load the 50-metre blades onto the trailer for deliver to Crook Hill project

  • The blades are secured on the trailer before starting the 100-mile journey

    The blades are secured on the trailer before starting the 100-mile journey

  • A total of 33 blades were delivered from port to project in the Peak District

    A total of 33 blades were delivered from port to project in the Peak District

  • Transport through villages, with escort, was timed to coincide with quiet traffic periods

    Transport through villages, with escort, was timed to coincide with quiet traffic periods

  • Delivery of the components started in April and finished in June 2015. The project was completed in August 2015

    Delivery of the components started in April and finished in June 2015. The project was completed in August 2015

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Collett Transport, based in Yorkshire, delivered the components for 11 Senvion 3.4MW wind turbines from the Port of Immingham, near Hull, northeast England, 100 miles west to the Crook Hill project site just outside Rochdale, Greater Manchester. 

The towers, nacelles and 50 metre-long blades  for the 11 turbines were transported to the site. The route from port to project went through the UK's hilly Peak District.

Delivery of the components from the port to Crook Hill took two to three months over the summer of 2015, according to Collett and the project was fully completed in August 2015. 

The 37.4MW Crook Hill project was developed by the Partnerships for Renewables group - a business set up by the UK's Carbon Trust advisory firm to help build renewable energy projects on publically-owned land. 

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