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//TimberTower at LIGNA 2013

22.04.2013

Visit us in hall 27, booth B53

//HannoverMesse: EU Comissioner Oettinger visits TimberTower

15.04.2013

During the HannoverMesse (8.-12.04) several EU politicians informed themselves on the...

//20.12. Inauguration of the first TimberTower

21.12.2012

Hanover: Federal Minister Peter Altmaier and Prime Minister David McAllister (Lower Saxony)...



A logistical revolution:




Up until now, special abnormal loads have been required to transport wind energy towers. However, these limit the diameter of conventional towers, as the tower base is restricted to a diameter of 4.20m to enable it to pass under bridges. In order to increase efficiency, however, higher towers with larger tower base diameters are required - a seemingly unsolvable transport problem.

 Many regions in the world offer good to excellent wind conditions, but are not accessible with abnormal loads. In Germany it is relatively easy to transport a tower from Hamburg to Munich. A similar transport, for example in North America, would cost roughly ten times as much.

 Wood, on the other hand, is a cost-efficient material, which is also logistically easy to transport. The TimberTower components are transported to the site in 40ft containers. Unlike with tubular steel tower segments, there is no need for the abnormal loads that are such an economical and ecological strain. A logistical revolution.

Economically groundbreaking: