Port of Vancouver USA has received a shipment of wind turbine components that included the longest turbine blades ever to enter the west coast of North America.
Turbine manufacturer Goldwind Americas and wind developer Potentia Renewables were responsible for the shipment.
The wind turbine blades and components will travel to Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, in Canada, to Potentia Renewables’ Golden South wind project.
The wind farm is expected to be operational next year.
The port received a total of nine wind turbines, including blades, nacelles, generators, hubs, tower sections and other sub-components.
Eight of Goldwind’s GW155/4.2MW turbines arrived on the MV Star Kilimanjaro.
Four of the turbines on the shipment are equipped with Goldwind’s 76-metre blades, the longest blades ever transported across North America.
Port of Vancouver USA CEO Julianna Marler said: “Wind manufacturers have kept us busy this spring and summer moving wind energy components.
“We couldn’t do this work without incredible partnerships with companies like Goldwind, as well as ILWU Local 4, Local 40, Local 92, and the river and bar pilots who are still at work every day moving cargo.
“In this challenging Covid-19 environment the port has been functioning well, and I am incredibly thankful for everyone’s dedication in making this possible.”