The power plant
The Ouarzazate power plant (also called the Noor power plant) is a concentrated solar power plant in southern Morocco, approximately 10 kilometres north east of the city, Ouarzazate. As the first of five solar power stations in Morocco, contributing total power of 2,000 MW by 2020, it consists of four facilities: Noor 1 and 2 are parabolic trough solar power stations, Noor 3 is a solar tower power plant and Noor 4 is planned as a solar / photovoltaic park. Noor 1 has been in operation since February 2016.
On the site near Ouarzazate the annual solar radiation measures approx. 2,500 kWh/m², one of the highest worldwide.
The brief
Solar tower power plants combine several thousand mirrors placed in several circles around the tower that reflect the sunlight to the top of the solar tower. An absorber that gathers the sun’s energy is installed there. In order for the mirrors to capture the sunlight well, they must be placed as flat as possible. The light is then radiated at a relatively steep angle. This is why the tower must be very high. The task of our crane was to place the absorber at the top of the tower.
The implementation
The WT 2405 e.tronic was stabilised to the concrete tower with 4 stays and erected by climbing to a working height of 235.35 to 275.25 m. This crane can still lift 96 t at a radius of 6 to 20.5 m. This was indeed necessary here as the heaviest steel component weighed in at 90 t. At a radius of 36.5 m, the crane still has a lifting capacity of 36.5 t.
The Ouarzazate power plant (also called the Noor power plant) is a concentrated solar power plant in southern Morocco, approximately 10 kilometres north east of the city, Ouarzazate. As the first of five solar power stations in Morocco, contributing total power of 2,000 MW by 2020, it consists of four facilities: Noor 1 and 2 are parabolic trough solar power stations, Noor 3 is a solar tower power plant and Noor 4 is planned as a solar / photovoltaic park. Noor 1 has been in operation since February 2016.
On the site near Ouarzazate the annual solar radiation measures approx. 2,500 kWh/m², one of the highest worldwide.
The brief
Solar tower power plants combine several thousand mirrors placed in several circles around the tower that reflect the sunlight to the top of the solar tower. An absorber that gathers the sun’s energy is installed there. In order for the mirrors to capture the sunlight well, they must be placed as flat as possible. The light is then radiated at a relatively steep angle. This is why the tower must be very high. The task of our crane was to place the absorber at the top of the tower.
The implementation
The WT 2405 e.tronic was stabilised to the concrete tower with 4 stays and erected by climbing to a working height of 235.35 to 275.25 m. This crane can still lift 96 t at a radius of 6 to 20.5 m. This was indeed necessary here as the heaviest steel component weighed in at 90 t. At a radius of 36.5 m, the crane still has a lifting capacity of 36.5 t.
