Electric rigs - the future is here

John Chick, chair of the UK’s Federation of Piling Specialists discusses the options for alternative fuel sources for rigs and wonders if battery electric is the way forward

Electrification is coming to the piling sector and one of the early pioneers is Bauer, which has introduced the battery electric eBG 33 rig

19 August 2022
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Once considered niche, quirky, expensive, and almost ‘eccentric', electric motor vehicles have certainly moved on and given their year-on-year growth in popularity, few now would argue they are

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