Wind Power Made Efficient in French Guiana
ARE was employed to provide manufacturing, logistics, and installation of 4 patent-pending Direct Embedment Monopole.
100' Direct Embedment Monopole
The Need
ARE Telecom was contracted by a private company in coastal French Guiana to provide design consulting, manufacturing, logistics, and installation of 4 patent-pending Assembled Foundation Systems with monopoles for a wind power project.
Overview
ARE Telecom created a AFS 1700 ballasted foundation that would support a 100’ wind tower with a 20kW hummer wind turbine. Due to the unknown soil conditions of the site, the foundation and monopole solution was designed to utilize flexible and reusable equipment, accommodate below grade installation requiring no concrete, exceed the wind requirements for tower and turbine stability.
Project Benchmarks
- Crew flexibility and equipment availability allowing for installation under challenging conditions
- Leverage local soil for ballast
- On-site technical installations
Project Resources
- 3-person crew
- 1 day
- Skid-steer
- Telehandler
Challenges
- Limited space and access
- Significant logistics planning
- Quickly and efficiently deployed in 1 day
Create base layer pit for system
Stage foundation near pit, and assemble upper chord sections
Compact and level pits using local material
A crane is used to place the foundation in the pit and erect the pole
Set pole base section onto leveling nuts
Dirt is added for ballast and compacted