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After the European discovery of Australia by Dutch explorers in 1606 the eastern half of the continent was claimed by Great Britain 164 years later and initially settled through penal transportation from 1788.

In the perspective of the BMS Group, 2018 can be added to this history, as this was the year when its first project in Australia began.

About 200 km north of Perth and 60 km from the west coast of Australia lays the small town of Badgingarra. The place owes its name to a Noongar aboriginal language word meaning “Water by the manna gums”. Today, Badgingarra is best known for its primary school, tavern, post office, roadhouse, and community centre – but soon 37 wind turbines will be a landmark for the Badgingarra area. This is crew and equipment from BMS Heavy Cranes has been working.

The Badgingarra Wind Farm – consisting of Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines with a hub height of 85 metres and a tip height of 150 metres – will generate power equivalent to what is required for more than 115,000 homes.Første kolonne

Furthermore, the turbines at Badgingarra will have the ability to save more than 420,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions on an annual basis. Also, due to the creation of local employment opportunities and businesses stimulation the wind farm will positively impact the residents of surrounding local towns and communities.

The assignment at Badgingarra Wind Farm has been handled by a team of BMS employees aged from 26 to 50+ and with passports from Denmark, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Poland. Just after a few hours, the team played very well together, and the tasks were resolved in the best way in terms of quality, time and safety. This could be done because each employee invested 100 per cent of his ability to create a good result as well as good interaction with the colleagues. And because members of the team were very excited about being involved in a project outside Europe.

The Badgingarra project was handled with an LG1750 SX crane, which Liebherr has upgraded for the purpose. The crane can be mounted with a larger boom, which happens when it is moved to BMS Heavy Cranes’ second project in Australia. In Lincoln Gab Wind Farm, 35 – and potentially more – 3.6MW Senvion wind turbines with a height of 180 metres are being erected. This project is located approximately 15 kilometres west of Port Augusta – a few thousand kilometres east of Badgingarr

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