Main results
- Sustainable power solution for a project on water
- Client’s strong sustainability ambitions achieved
Sustainable construction on a waterway
A municipality in the Netherlands is transforming an industrial area into a residential neighbourhood. To make space for new homes, a lot of prep work is required, including narrowing a 40-metre-wide waterway, installing sheet piling, and carrying out significant earthworks. The construction work has to take place both on land and on water, and needs to be done as sustainably as possible, as per the municipality.
That’s why contractor Beens Groep was brought in for this project. As experienced hydraulic engineers, they not only have the necessary expertise but also share the municipality’s commitment to sustainable construction. Their challenge: to carry out the works in the most sustainable way, both on land and on water.
A battery on the water
With their electrically powered workboat and crane, Beens Groep is well-equipped for the task. But how do you supply these machines with clean energy in the middle of a waterway?
To solve this, Greener provided two powerful 422 kWh batteries. These are installed in a parallel setup on Beens Groep’s electric workboat, supplying zero-emission energy to the electric crane and the vibratory pile driver board. This enabled the sustainable installation of the sheet piling and the narrowing of the waterway.
Onshore, the batteries are charged overnight using a hydrogen generator from Watermeln. Every step of the process was carefully designed to be as sustainable, clean, and efficient as possible.
Richard de Boer, Project Coordinator at Beens Groep:
“At Beens, Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability are high on the agenda. With this in mind, we aim to invest more in sustainability in the coming years, particularly in executing projects emission-free. This aligns with the municipality of Dronten’s ambition to make projects more sustainable. On this project, we achieved this by using electric equipment for both sheet piling and earthworks. Greener supported us in this by providing two batteries to power the foundation crane and vibratory pile driver.”
