25.10.2004

CC8800 lifts Germany’s first near-shore turbine

Belguim-based crane hire company, Sarens, recently supplied the crane power to assist in the erection of Germany’s first near-shore wind power turbine in the middle of the Ems River. Sarens opted for its recently acquired 1,250-tonne capacity Terex-Demag CC8800 crawler crane for the task of lifting the turbine’s massive 850-tonne steel tower with 53-metre long rotor blades.

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The modular turbine and CC8800 crawler crane are loaded onto the pontoon.

The lifts were made all the more challenging due to the fact that the massive crane had to be loaded onto a pontoon in order to reach the final resting location of the turbine. The crane was rigged in SSL/LSL configuration at a system length of 138 metres, a with a Superlift counterweight of 400 tonnes, a central weight of 100 tonnes and 220 tonnes of counterweight.

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The CC8800 lifts the sections of the turbine's massive 850-tonne steel mast.

Sarens is the only crane hire company in Europe to operate a Terex-Demag model CC8800 crawler crane.

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With boom lengths of up to 216 metres, the CC8800 lifts the 53-metre long rotor blades to a hub height of 108 metres.