Vestas
says
the
deal
significantly
reduces
costs
and
cuts
CO
2
emissions,
as
well
as
helping
to
ease
congested
European
roads.
In
conjunction
with
SNCF,
Vestas
says
it
has
designed
Europe’s
first
system
to
transport
55-metre
blades
by
rail.
Nine
blades
for
its
V112-3.0MW
turbines
are
travelling
from
Vestas’
blade
factory
in
Lauchhammer,
Germany,
to
the
port
of
Esbjerg
in
Denmark
today.
The
train
of
cars
has
a
total
length
of
almost
700
metres,
“underlining
the
sheer
size
of
this
massive
logistical
challenge”,
says
the
turbine
producer.
Transporting
a
similar
number
of
blades
by
road
would
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