A REMU Screening Bucket from Worsley Plant has helped Wyvis Plant &Power Ltd to save time, money and the environment in the Hydro Electric Power Industry in the Scottish Highlands.
Wyvis Plant & Power Ltd is a family owned business based in Strathpeffer Ross-shire, Scotland. It is presently run by two brothers, Ian & Alan Stewart. The company was established in 1968 by their father Kenneth. They specialize in installing Hydro Electric Power Stations for their customers.
Hydro Electric Power now accounts for around 12% of all Scotland’s electricity, and over half of Scotland’s hydroelectric schemes are in the Highlands and Islands area. Currently there are around 145 hydro schemes of various sizes operating in Scotland.
What is Hydro Electric Power?
Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy in the world today. Whilst a lot of focus has recently been on wind and solar, hydroelectricity offers Scotland significant energy capacity for the future.
Many of the Hydro Electric Power stations that Wyvis Plant work on are in hard to reach areas of the Scottish Highlands, where accessibility to the site is often poor. Roads are located high up in the mountains and moving plant and vehicles is difficult. The potential to take materials off site and bring in new material is a lot harder.
With some projects involving laying pipeline of over 1km in length, there is a lot of material being excavated, followed later by the need to backfill the newly laid pipes. Wyvis Plant could see the potential benefit of screening material on site. This would mean material could be reused, rather than taken off and bought onto site.
Alan researched screening buckets and was aware, from events he had attended, that Sean Heron, MD of Worsley Plant recommended REMU buckets as the best on the UK market. He made contact with David Marshall, Worsley Plant’s Area Sales Manager for Scotland, and made the decision to purchase a REMU EX140, which Wyvis Plant are now reaping the benefits of using on their 14t and 18t excavators.
The cost savings achieved when material from an excavation is screened on-site and used in the padding process of pipe excavation makes this the fastest growing application for the screening bucket. On-site bucket screening increases the time that machinery is used for profitable work by eliminating down time associated with waiting for the next truck to arrive with materials.
Alan, of Wyvis Plant says:
“The REMU screening bucket has saved us considerable time, as well as transportation and material costs. The nature of our work, with the difficult site access, means that recycling materials not only makes the job more cost effective, but is also kinder to the environment. We are extremely pleased with how the REMU bucket works. Even with sticky material it performs well when others wouldn’t. Being in the Scottish Highlands material is often damp with a high clay content and the REMU bucket hits the mark.”
When working with a screening bucket, you can screen the material from the excavation, and:
- Use it for padding
- Dump the oversized material on top of the padding
- Even finalize the landscaping by using the topsoil from the job site
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