ALE Completes Amakhala Wind Project
Heavy transport and installation contractor ALE has completed the delivery of 560 wind turbine generator components for the eight-month Amakhala Project in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
Each wind turbine generator included 10 components, including three blades, one nacelle, one rotor hub, one drivetrain and four tower sections. The components ranged in weight and dimensions, and included the longest blades transported to date by ALE, at 57.5 meters.
ALE was responsible for transporting the components from the Port of Ngqura to temporary storage and then to site, located 250 kilometers away in Amakhala, Bedford.
The operations involved about 50 ALE employees, as well as two mobile cranes, one telehandler for port operations, 10 special abnormal load trailers, 20 ALE light vehicle escorts and a police escort, which traveled in convoy with the components.
“It was great to be involved in such a milestone project for the local area, which will create up to 750 megawatts of wind energy over the multiple phase and many local jobs,” said Zayno Myburgh, ALE’s project manager.
During the project, ALE had to negotiate the Olifantskop pass. With lanes too narrow for traffic in both directions, the traffic police had to close the pass for oncoming traffic for two hours in the morning.
ALE met its feed rate to deliver two complete turbines per week, consisting of 20 components in total.
Photo: ALE transports the last blade for the Amakhala Wind Project
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