Case Study: Future Olympia
In this example, a PUNCH Power 200 was deployed on a Terex 1600-66 Luffing crane.The flywheel enabled a the diesel generator to be downsized from an 800kVA to a 320kVA, reducing CO2 emissions by 80 tons per year.
The Future Olympia project includes the redevelopment of the existing listed exhibition halls – the Grand Hall and the National Hall – and the creation of new offices, a fourscreen cinema, a 4,000-seat music venue, a 1,500-seat theatre, two new hotels, new retail outlets and public realm space. All of this will be delivered by Laing O’Rourke while allowing the exhibition areas to remain operational and revenue generating.
To support this major project, Select Plant Hire deployed a Terex CTL 1600-66 luffing jib tower crane which has a maximum capacity of 66,000 Kg. This mighty crane would typically be powered by an equally large 800kVA generator. This generator has to be selected to deal with the high potential power demands associated with starting the electric motors on the crane to lift heavy loads.
The PUNCH Power 200 flywheel system can provide a boost of power quickly and exactly when needed, which allows operators to downsize the diesel generator on applications such as cranes. In this case a much smaller and less thirsty 320kVA generator was selected – 2.5 times smaller than normal.
The results were staggering. The smaller generator performed without any problems, and saved over 10 litres of diesel each and every hour. Over the course of one year, the system prevents the release of over 80,000 kg of CO2, equal to the emissions of 55 passenger vehicles for the same period!
Alex Warrington, Select’s Managing Director, said: “It is quite staggering when you see the environmental savings this technology can have on just one crane. At Select we are proud to be leading the way in something that could easily be integrated to cranes not just across the UK, but the world and make a significant impact on CO2 pollution.”
Jon Drakeley, Commercial Director at PUNCH Flybrid added “This is one of the heaviest cranes we’ve been deployed on so far, and we’re very pleased with the results. The PUNCH Power 200 worked exactly as we expected and enables a valuable amount of fuel and emissions savings in our city centres”
Case Study: Future Olympia
In this example, a PUNCH Power 200 was deployed on a Terex 1600-66 Luffing crane.The flywheel enabled a the diesel generator to be downsized from an 800kVA to a 320kVA, reducing CO2 emissions by 80 tons per year.
The Future Olympia project includes the redevelopment of the existing listed exhibition halls – the Grand Hall and the National Hall – and the creation of new offices, a four screen cinema, a 4,000-seat music venue, a 1,500-seat theatre, two new hotels, new retail outlets and public realm space. All of this will be delivered by Laing O’Rourke while allowing the exhibition areas to remain operational and revenue generating.
To support this major project, Select Plant Hire deployed a Terex CTL 1600-66 luffing jib tower crane which has a maximum capacity of 66,000 Kg. This mighty crane would typically be powered by an equally large 800kVA generator. This generator has to be selected to deal with the high potential power demands associated with starting the electric motors on the crane to lift heavy loads.
The PUNCH Power 200 flywheel system can provide a boost of power quickly and exactly when needed, which allows operators to downsize the diesel generator on applications such as cranes. In this case a much smaller and less thirsty 320kVA generator was selected – 2.5 times smaller than normal.
The results were staggering. The smaller generator performed without any problems, and saved over 10 litres of diesel each and every hour. Over the course of one year, the system prevents the release of over 80,000 kg of CO2, equal to the emissions of 55 passenger vehicles for the same period!
Alex Warrington, Select’s Managing Director, said: “It is quite staggering when you see the environmental savings this technology can have on just one crane. At Select we are proud to be leading the way in something that could easily be integrated to cranes not just across the UK, but the world and make a significant impact on CO2 pollution.”
Jon Drakeley, Commercial Director at PUNCH Flybrid added “This is one of the heaviest cranes we’ve been deployed on so far, and we’re very pleased with the results. The PUNCH Power 200 worked exactly as we expected and enables a valuable amount of fuel and emissions savings in our city centres”
