UK-headquartered Allelys has successfully transported and installed key equipment at the Lostock sustainable energy plant in Northwich.
The project scope included the transportation, lifting and installation of a 154-tonne steam turbine and a 132-tonne generator from Ellesmere Port to the plant in Northwich.
Weight restrictions on the route to the plant meant that Allelys opted for an 18-axle modular trailer to deliver both the turbine and generator. Although a shorter configuration was an option, Allelys’ method ensured that the delivery was completed in consecutive movements.
Both pieces of equipment were temporarily stored at the project site. The generator was then self-loaded onto a 10 axle lines of SPMTs for transport across to the installation area. Allelys overbridged a condenser pit in order to get to the installation area.
The generator was then placed under a hydraulic strand jack gantry system and lifted to a 6.6 m-high plinth, before being skidded around 20 m to its final position. The same process was used for the turbine.
“The site ground loadings were lower than what we were going to impose, however we re-engineered the project and by using additional equipment, we were able to adapt and meet the site conditions,” said Garnaud Tsika, commercial manager at Allelys.
Earlier this year, HLPFI reported that Allelys had committed to scaling up its UK transport fleet.
