One of the inverters is craned into place at Rānui. The installation of three 14 tonne inverters at Rānui Solar Farm in mid-August marked a significant milestone for the project, with much of the major work now completed. The inverters which are 6.5 metres long and 2.2 metres wide convert Read more
The mechanical installation is now complete. 10760 piles, 736 Tables, 20608 Panels, 100000 nuts and bolts. Awesome work by K&T Construction.
The last few weeks have seen good progress. The piling is complete, 70% of the girders/purlins have been installed, 60% of the panels are in place and most of the trenching has been completed. This video shows work carried out in the last three weeks.
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