Good progress has been made with the piling nearly done, 30% of the framing complete and 10% of the panels installed. The time lapse video below shows the first stages of building the solar farm, putting the piles in, then attaching the framing which holds the panels
This week saw the construction of the ‘Golden Row’, the first row of solar panels which is used as a blueprint for the rest of the construction and quality control of the solar farm. Surveying for pile positions and pile distribution was completed, and piling is now 60% complete.
By 22 March the K&T Construction team had installed 2244 piles- 21% of the total number of piles, which will support 20,608 solar panels. The first week on the job had seen the team setting up systems and mobilising equipment and people. Kaikoura MP, Stuart Smith, dropped in to Read more…
On 10 March, K&T Construction Ltd, Australasia began construction of Rānui Solar Farm at a 14-hectare former vineyard on the outskirts of Blenheim. With experience at building solar farms throughout Australia and New Zealand, they have been awarded the contract for the piling, mechanical, module installation, civil and electrical scope Read more…
After irrigation and wires were removed by local fencing contractor, Steve McCabe (McCabe’s Fencing), clearing the 14-hectare Rānui vineyard took just two weeks for MG Contracting Marlborough Ltd. The Blenheim company’s innovative custom-designed Elag was in action. Designed by MG’s Matt Gale, Elag combines a German chipper with a locally Read more…