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Partnership formed ahead of massive civilian reactor building programme.

Utility company to explain procurement procedures for four proposed multi-billion Euro EPR reactors.

Crane Rental Corporation (CRC) in the US contracted with Progress Energy Florida (PEF) to move a 400,000 pound (181 tonne) transformer from Stanton Energy Center in east Orlando to PEF's new Tanner Road substation, also in Orlando

Irish company McNally - Windhoist collected its new Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 telescopic wheeled mobile crane from the factory in Ehingen, Germany and drove it straight to a job near Nuremburg

Crane and transport contractor Havator AB has been awarded the contract to erect 23 wind turbines in Sweden for Nordex Sverige AB

A consortium of four Korean companies has announced plans to erect 100 wind turbines in the country by 2012.

Marr Contracting has erected what it claims is the world's largest luffing jib tower crane. Sydney, Australia-based Marr put up its new 330 tonne capacity Favelle Favco M2480D in Doha Qatar. IC contributor Brent Stacey went to see it

Mammoet used self propelled modular transporters to move its fully rigged 1,600 tonne capacity PTC-DS ring crane at a power station in Germany

This JCB JS145 excavator is dragging a pipeline uphill as part of the construction of a hydro electric power scheme near Kinloch Rannoch, in Perthshire, Scotland.

Felbermayr transported a new 221 tonne voltage transformer on a 90 km journey in Austria. It was the first time an SPMT had been used on public roads in the country

Mammoet was awarded the contract to supply a PTC-DS (double stacked) super heavy lift crane to build one of the largest power stations in Europe, located in Neurath, Germany

GAM has won a €6 million contract with Suzlom Wind Energy Spain to transport and assemble 49 wind turbines in four new wind farms in Almeria, Spain.

Cummins Power Generation rented more than 25 MW of temporary power to 18 companies in Ceder Rapids, Iowa in June after record flood levels in the Cedar River.

Energyst CAT Rental Power has installed 50 MW of temporary power in Cyprus to cope with the influx of 2.5 million tourists to the island over the summer months.

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has been granted planning permission to construct Europe's largest onshore windfarm. The UK£ 600 million (€ 756 million), 456 MW Clyde wind farm located between Biggar and Moffat in Southern Scotland, UK will comprise 152 turbines.

Two Italian Ragno Palazzani telescopic booms have been uses in the construction of Atlas, the detection element of the huge particle acceleration experiment, which will take place at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Demand for energy worldwide is rising at an unprecedented pace. Oil and other finite resources continue to be the primary fuels for power generation and the raw materials for a vast range of products. Wind turbines, however, are an increasingly popular means of generating energy worldwide. Euan Youdale reports

When Louisiana-based Cleco Power announced plans to construct a $1 billion solid-fuel power plant, it contracted Bigge Crane & Rigging to carry out all lifting and heavy transport

The world's highest wind turbine has been placed at the Veladero mine, San Juan, Argentina, in the Cordillera de Los Andes, 4,200 m above sea level

APB-Plzen, a Czech company headquartered in Nezvestice, has strengthened its position in the wind turbine and special transport sector by making a major investment in trailers. Activities are not limited to transport within the former Eastern bloc countries and are now spread throughout Europe. Gino Koster reports