DELIVERED
RIGHT TO YOUR
WIND POWER SITE
The RUTE BXG
Box Girder Precast Foundation
AWARD WINNER:
Modern, Modular Wind Tower FOUNDATIONS
Our award winning RUTE BXG precast wind turbine foundation saves time, cost, and has triple the design life of conventional foundations.
It brings precast, post-tensioned foundations to the industry, featuring replaceable anchor bolts, tower adapter plate, and integrated, upsizable post-tensioning features.
Suitable for different turbine sizes:
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RUTE 37BXG for 4-5MW towers
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RUTE 40BXG for 5-6MW towers
STRONGER
10,000 psi concrete
modern bridge methods
270 ksi steel PT strand = strength
FASTER
Concrete arrives 28-day cured. Assembled in 3 days, staged for efficient wind tower delivery schedule.
CLEANER
Half the concrete
2x the life span
75% CO2 savings over the wind farm lease.
Prefabricated quality, speed, and savings
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3-day installation
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20 precast segments manufactured via Mobile Plant, set in 1 day.
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50-75% reduction of concrete - 350 cubic yards of concrete with triple the life span
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Stockpiled, quality-assured, ready for your job at of start excavation.
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Simple inspections during O&M enhances your generation assets' safety, longevity and resale value
RUTE BXG field installation 2018
"RUTE's innovative design reduces
the amount of concrete by 75 %.
That means, 75 % less CO2!"
CUSTOMER BENEFITS
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
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SAFER - 1/5 the field worker hours
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FASTER - 3 days, ready for towers
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STRONGER - Precast offsite 10 ksi concrete removes GC risk of field concrete performance
LANDOWNERS
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No concrete left in land
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No concrete truck traffic
OWNER / IPP
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Local manufacturing jobs
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Mitigate spring / weather delays
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Generate revenue faster
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Environmental bonus - a quarter the concrete (CO2)
Operational since 2018 in MN, U.S.
BRIDGING THE EARTH & sKY
GRANITE FALLS PILOT CONSTRUCTION
In September 2018, RUTE completed construction of its pilot BXG at Granite Falls, MN, following research support from an NSF SBIR grant.
The foundation is operational and supports a 2.5MW turbine.
BRIDGING THE EARTH & SKY VIDEO
Watch the video that started us on this journey and learn more about the RUTE foundation.
