Heavy load transports block B420: Rotor blades are stuck!

Heavy load transports block B420: Rotor blades are stuck!

Bledesbach, Deutschland - On Wednesday, three heavy load transporters were stuck in Kusel on the B420 near Bledesbach. The trucks transport rotor blades for wind turbines, each of which is about 80 meters long. The compilation of this heavy -duty team has an impressive length of 92 meters. This unpleasant traffic situation is due to a combination of factors that must currently be mastered.

Extensive work runs to ensure that the transports will not get stuck again the next time it is tried. The traffic is guided around the obstacles with a traffic light circuit to defuse the situation. The first civil engineering work at the point where the truck is stuck should begin in the afternoon. On Thursday morning, the municipal utilities plan to cut different light masts, followed by the laying of additional overalls in the late evening.

preparations and challenges

According to the recent information from SWR, it is planned that the trucks continue to their destination to Altenglan on Thursday as soon as the extensive preparation work has been completed. The police took measures to regulate traffic because the B420 was temporarily blocked, especially in the area of ​​Trierer Straße and Haischbachstrasse.

The causes of the cake of the vans are currently being examined, and a result is not expected before the end of the week. The combination of the large dimensions of the transports and the structural conditions on site is a significant challenge.

Important framework conditions for wind power transport

The transport of wind turbines and their components in Germany is characterized by an extremely complex approval system. According to Tagesschau are necessary to carry out a wind turbine transport. This can take weeks and incurs enormous costs of up to 30,000 euros per day if there are delays.

The transport of a wind turbine from the Cuxhaven warehouse to the areas of application support a large number of companies, including the Spedition Balmer from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which is responsible for obtaining the permits. Often up to 60 individual permits have to be obtained, which is associated with an enormous administrative effort. Deviations in size or weight also lead to the extinguishing of the permits, which further complicates the planning.

In order to achieve the current goals of the federal government with regard to the energy transition, up to 30,000 heavy transports must be approved annually. This number currently appears unrealistic, which is tightened by the lengthy approval times, which are an average of twelve weeks. In the Netherlands, for example, approval procedures are much faster.

Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing plans to standardize the permits and the introduction of a digital application system. These measures could help to advance the expansion of wind power in Germany and to solve existing investment traffic jams that are currently at risk of the goals of the energy transition.

The situation in Kusel is therefore not only a local problem, but also exemplifies the challenges that the expansion of renewable energies in Germany has to do.