{"id":105623,"date":"2022-02-11T15:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=105623"},"modified":"2022-02-11T15:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:14:47","slug":"electric-crawler-cranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/electric-crawler-cranes\/105623\/","title":{"rendered":"First fully electric crawler cranes start work on HS2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>HS2 has welcomed the UK&#8217;s first fully electric crawler cranes to its construction sites as the project moves towards becoming diesel free<\/h2>\n<p>Three fully electric crawler cranes have arrived at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HS2<\/a>\u2019s Old Oak Common site and Canterbury Road vent shaft site. There are only five of these 100% emissions-free, giant Liebherr cranes in the world.<\/p>\n<p>HS2 recently announced that it aims to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/hs2-zero-carbon\/103533\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">net zero carbon<\/a> from 2035, with the target of achieving diesel-free construction sites by 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The cranes will cut carbon, improve air quality and reduce noise, making sites cleaner and safer for site workers and local communities.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Diesel-free construction sites by 2029&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>HS2 Minister, Andrew Stephenson said: &#8220;HS2 is paving the way for greener and cleaner practices by working towards being net zero carbon from 2035, having diesel-free construction sites by 2029 and committing to trains running on zero carbon energy from day one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having the UK\u2019s first fully electric crawler cranes begin work on HS2 is the latest step in making these commitments a reality and aligning the country\u2019s biggest infrastructure project with the Government\u2019s ambitions for a greener transport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;HS2 sites cleaner and greener&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>HS2\u2019s Air Quality Lead, Andrea Davidson said: &#8220;As a result of HS2\u2019s strict emissions requirements and our move towards diesel free construction sites by 2029, our contractors and supply chain are constantly pushing the boundaries to find ways to cut carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re delighted that we\u2019re leading the industry by introducing the UK\u2019s first large fully electric crawler cranes, making our HS2 sites cleaner and greener.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HS2 has welcomed the UK&#8217;s first fully electric crawler cranes to its construction sites as the project moves towards becoming diesel free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[676,473,93645],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-plant-equipment-supplies-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-hs2","9":"tag-net-zero"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First fully electric crawler cranes start work on HS2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HS2 has welcomed the UK&#039;s first fully electric crawler cranes to its construction sites as the project moves towards becoming diesel free\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/electric-crawler-cranes\/105623\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First fully electric crawler cranes start work on HS2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HS2 has welcomed the UK&#039;s first fully electric crawler cranes to its construction sites as the project moves towards becoming diesel free\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/electric-crawler-cranes\/105623\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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