I’ve got the power: How tower cranes became the latest battleground for alternative fuels

As contractors come under more and more pressure to reduce carbon emissions, alternative solutions for powering tower cranes are becoming big business. Lucy Barnard assesses the options.

Standing high above the south Rotterdam skyline, it’s easy to spot the giant yellow Liebherr 630 EC-H 40 Litronic tower crane hard at work building the city’s new Simeon & Anna residential care centre next to the existing hospital.

Far harder to spot is the white metal box, roughly the…

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