Wind Power Made Efficient in French Guiana

ARE was employed to provide manufacturing, logistics, and installation of 4 patent-pending Direct Embedment Monopole.

The need

ARE Telecom was contracted by a private company in coastal French Guiana to provide design consulting, manufacturing, logistics, and installation of 4 patent-pending Assembled Foundation Systems with monopoles for a wind power project.

Overview

ARE Telecom created a AFS 1700 ballasted foundation that would support a 30 m wind tower with a 20kW hummer wind turbine. Due to the unknown soil conditions of the site, the foundation and monopole solution was designed to utilize flexible and reusable equipment, accommodate below grade installation requiring no concrete, exceed the wind requirements for tower and turbine stability.

Project Benchmarks

Crew flexibility and equipment availability allowing for installation under challenging conditions
Leverage local soil for ballast
On-site technical installations