Sustainable construction power for tower cranes
Sustainable construction power for tower cranes: reducing fuel consumption and project emissions
- The challenge
Heavy load requirements + oversized generator = sustainability challenges
- The solution
A new way forward for tower cranes: hybrid power solutions integrating battery energy storage
- The impact
An overall site emission reduction of 39%
Client:Global General Contractor
Location:Southern California
Sectors:Construction
The Challenge
Heavy load requirements + oversized generator = sustainability challenges
Aggreko’s general contractor customer is a leader on the road to sustainable construction practices. For this project, they needed a partner to help them solve the problem of maintaining enough power for a large tower crane while keeping costs and emissions in check. Their tower crane needed a generator with enough power to manage transient loads. Since the tower crane was only used during a few hours per day, their existing tier 2,500 kW diesel generator spent long periods sitting idle, running underloaded or – even worse – on negative loads. This generator was impacting project emissions targets and costs of operations were skyrocketing. That’s where Aggreko stepped in.