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UP HERE THE JOB TAKES A MAN
Some 650 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle lies the archipelago island Hitra, the seventh largest island in mainland Norway. Here 24 wind turbines were erected in 2004 and since then Hitra Wind Park has been expanded with a similar number of turbines, bringing the total production facility to 300 GWh. That equals the consumption of about 15,000 households.
The Hitra wind turbines are owned by Statkraft, a leading company in hydropower internationally and Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy.
Every now and then the turbines have to be serviced – and that is a task carried out by people and gear from BMS Lift Division. Since the early 1980’s BMS has worked in close co-operation with wind turbine manufacturers, erecting and servicing wind turbines all over the world.
The Hitra wind turbines are owned by Statkraft, a leading company in hydropower internationally and Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy.
Every now and then the turbines have to be serviced – and that is a task carried out by people and gear from BMS Lift Division. Since the early 1980’s BMS has worked in close co-operation with wind turbine manufacturers, erecting and servicing wind turbines all over the world.
Over the years BMS has handled wind turbines on land as well as offshore and performed port handling of all types of wind turbine components.
Every job on a wind turbine is demanding but the one on Hitra is in a league of its own. Not only is the location far away from pretty much everything – for instance 20 kilometres of new road had to be build in order to get to the place where the first wind turbines were erected.
The BMS people working in this location also has to be of a certain nature: Often a job lasts up to four months and working all by yourself in a lift 100 metres up in the air takes a man.
Every job on a wind turbine is demanding but the one on Hitra is in a league of its own. Not only is the location far away from pretty much everything – for instance 20 kilometres of new road had to be build in order to get to the place where the first wind turbines were erected.
The BMS people working in this location also has to be of a certain nature: Often a job lasts up to four months and working all by yourself in a lift 100 metres up in the air takes a man.