IGNITING

QUANG TRI WEEKS

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

HUONG LINH WIND FARM 4

HUONG HOA, QUANG TRI, VIETNAM.

FASTER, SAFER, BIGGER

 May 15 SHIP EXPRESS RELEASE
AT HON LA PORT.
2021
EQUIPMENT PLUS EXPERIENCE EQUALS INCOMPARABLE EFFICIENCY.
The 30-megawatt Huong Linh Wind Farm 4 in
Quang Tri county, Vietnam is the next phase of
Huong Linh Wind Farm 1,2, and 3. It is located
in the highest and windy part of the Huong Hoa
mountains. Rongtua is the main contractor in-
stalling 9 Envision 3.4-megawatt wind turbines.
PPL Wind played a major role in Rongtua’s
achievement by providing logistics services,
including port handling (customs service and
express release) and transportation.
Prior to this ambitious wind project, other wind
farms in the region had only been installed on
the lower parts of the mountain. Relying on
extensive experience, operational excellence, and
wind turbine blade adapter that require minimal
logistics work, PPL Wind completed the enor-
mous job two weeks ahead of schedule. Trans-
porting 27 giant wind turbine blades, 69 meters
in length, weighing 19 tons each, to high moun-
tains typically involves highly skilled drivers. The
key to saving time is a combination of special
equipment, efficient project management, and
operational excellence.
PPL transported the wind turbines over 219.8 km
before off-loading them at the substation near
the construction site. PPL’s innovative solutions
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and the unique abilities of the MAN truck ensured road construction. At PPL, wind turbine blade
that this challenging operation could be com- adapters truck drivers must accomplish a five-
pleted as efficiently as possible. year training to be qualified for this work.
Another challenge on the route that needed to
be negotiated was the range of steep gradients,
both up and downhill. PPL transported the wind
turbines over gradients of up to 11%. This was
further complicated by road surfaces made up
of loose materials. It was an opportunity for the
MAN prime movers to demonstrate the strength
of their capacities as they operated at their maxi-
mum gradient.
The route between the public highway and the
substation spanned almost 3 km and another 15
km from the substation to the construction site.
Its constant bends and varying gradients made
it the most complex part of the transportation
process. Wind turbine blade adapters were used
in these routes to maximize their capacities. They
are designed to lift the blade up to 38°, and the
rotor plate for the blade adapter trailer is 360°
turning, which means that the blade is able to
turn to any angle according to the road condition,
even on roads that are only 5-meters wide. With
9 turbines to install, this narrow road require-
ment resulted in huge time and cost saving on
July 20 OFFLOADING WIND
TURBINES FROM SELF December 31` COMPLETE
2021 OFF-LOADING TRUCK. 2021 TRANSPORTATION.
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Using three wind turbine blade adapters, com-
bined with the MAN special prime mover as the
transportation base, PPL Wind was able to keep RESOURCES
up a high transportation pace. A total of more
than 600 critical truckloads were carried out TRAILERS
over a period of 5.5 months. The heaviest was 14-axle hydraulic module trailers
the load of the nacelles, weighing 87,1 tons each,
transported on 14-axle hydraulic modular trailers 10 lowbed trailers
with the MAN prime mover configuration. ≥46m extendable 4-axle trailer
The entire project took 10 months, from planning
to finishing. With extensive experience in wind SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
farm logistics, PPL Wind had ensured fast and 1 MAN’s special prime movers
safe transportation and crane relocation for the
3 Hyundai Trago prime movers
140 turbines. The time saved on turbine transpor-
tation resulted in an early connection to the grid 4 wind turbine blade adapters
– 2 weeks sooner than the initial plan.
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