Heavy lifting in Paris
26 August 2020Italian crane service company Vernazza Autogru used a Grove GMK7450 all-terrain crane to install a new fume treatment system at the Syctom waste-to-energy plant in Saint-Ouen, Paris.
L’Etoile Verte ‘Green Star’ incineration and energy recovery center in Saint-Ouen, Paris, is undergoing a revamp of its fume treatment system. The WtE plant, operated by Syctom since 1990, is the largest of three in the French capital, incinerating 600,000t of unrecyclable household waste per year and generating enough power to heat 120,000 homes. The modernisation project will optimise energy recovery while reducing emissions for increased energy production with lower environmental impact.
Vernazza Autogru has a fleet of 200 cranes and other special vehicles across Europe, including several Grove cranes of all sizes. For this particular project, Vernazza Autogru selected the largest in the Grove all-terrain range, the seven-axle 450t capacity GMK7450.
“Replacing the fume aftertreatment system at the L’Etoile Verte plant requires a crane that is flexible, reactive and compact. We chose the Grove GMK7450 for its good load capacity – very near to 500t. So far, our operators have found it simple to use and it has been a reliable machine for continuous utilization,” said Paolo Delfino, general director of Vernazza’s French branch.
