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Timbermat Supply Temporary Roadways, Crane Lifting Mats And Ground Protection With Next-Day Delivery For Solar And Wind Farm Infrastructure Projects.

Hire Or Buy Timber Mats For Wind Farm Construction

Wind farm construction is one of the heaviest industries in the civil engineering sector, requiring heavy plant such as cranes and excavators, as well as heavy road haulage to deliver the plant and equipment to site.  

All of this creates some unique challenges, which are made more difficult due to the nature of a typical wind farm installation: 

  • Remote locations away from urban and populated areas 
  • Exposed conditions e.g. tidal, coastal and high winds 
  • Difficulty in reaching and accessing the site 
  • Very large and heavy materials e.g. wind turbines 
  • Extremely challenging and uneven terrain 

Combined with the usual obstacles faced by large-scale civil engineering and construction projects, this can make it much more difficult for contractors to complete solar and wind farm installations on time and on budget. 

Hardwood bog mats are an economical way to prepare soft ground for safe and stable access, as well as to build solid lifting platforms for cranes (including the use of outrigger pads to protect crane vehicles against toppling over). 

With next-day delivery and extensive stock of hardwood ground protection mats in a range of sizes, Timbermat can help you create safe access routes and working platforms for wind farm installations in some of the most challenging locations in the UK and Europe. 

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Tropical Hardwood: First Choice For Wind Farms

Our D70-certified Ekki tropical hardwood mats are the routine choice for all kinds of infrastructure work in tidal and waterlogged locations, including coastal and river sites. 

Ekki wood mats are rated D70 under British Standard EN 338:2003 (E), the highest class for hardwood timber mats. This sets out criteria for strength and stiffness, including bending, tension, compression, shear forces and elasticity. 

Due to the challenging conditions described above, Ekki hardwood mats are purposely chosen for major infrastructure projects including installations of wind farms and solar arrays on land, at sea and in tidal coastal areas. 

D70-rated tropical hardwood can bear very heavy loadings, even on poor ground. It’s suitable for use on marshy, waterlogged sites, and can remain in situ throughout periods of rough weather. 

Our stock of Ekki bog mats, along with a range of other species of hardwood timber mats, allows Timbermat to supply substantial quantities in different sizes for sale or hire, often with next-day delivery from our depots in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. 

Uses For Timber Mats On Wind And Solar Installations

Hardwood bog mats are versatile, allowing them to be used across different parts of the construction site to solve a wide variety of challenges. 

Some examples of how our Ekki bog mats may be used during civil engineering infrastructure works include: 

  • Temporary roadways for improved site access 
  • Crane platforms and outrigger pads to stabilise lifting vehicles 
  • Staging areas for safe storage of construction materials 
  • Stable pedestrian walkways on sands and wetlands 
  • Ground protection to reduce disturbance of soft soils 

By ensuring that these operational risks and threats to health and safety are minimised from the outset, you allow your teams to focus on delivery of the project, so that construction is completed as quickly and efficiently as possible. 

Timber mats are the economical way to achieve this, without increasing your insurance exposure. Call Timbermat today on 08000 12 12 31 or fill in our contact form to let us know what you need. 

Supporting Growth In Solar And Wind Generation

Renewable energy (including solar arrays and wind farms) is an important part of the UK’s power supply. RenewableUK’s UK Wind Energy Database (UKWED) shows that at the start of 2025, there were over 9,000 onshore wind turbines and 2,765 offshore turbines in the country. 

This took the UK’s operational capacity of wind generation over 30 gigawatts. That’s enough to power more than 25 million typical homes, with an annual CO2 reduction of nearly 36 million tonnes. 

Meanwhile, Solar Energy UK reports that a further 27 gigawatts of ground-mounted solar farms (i.e. not located on rooftops) are also in the planning pipeline as the UK targets a fivefold increase in solar generation capacity to reach 70 gigawatts by 2035. 

Ambitious targets require rigorous preparation of projects, to avoid delays and additional financial costs. At Timbermat we are playing our part in keeping the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure construction pipeline on course to meet and exceed the targets in place for the coming decade. 

We have multiple sizes and species of hardwood timber mats in stock and ready to go, with next-day delivery available where possible, so there should be no need to delay your project due to a shortage of ground protection and staging platforms. 

How To Use Hardwood Bog Mats On Wind And Solar Farms

Our heavy-duty hardwood bog mats are designed to be easy to use, with standard lifting points to allow you to reposition them quickly using typical site lifting vehicles. 

For larger areas, such as materials staging platforms and large-scale ground protection, we have 1m x 5m timber mats that can be joined to create an almost seamless surface for pedestrians, vehicles and resources alike. 

We also have smaller hardwood mats in stock, in 1m x 2-3m sizes, which can be more suitable for creating narrower pedestrian walkways, outrigger pads and any tight spaces where the larger mats are not appropriate. 

In terms of thickness, our bog mats start from 70mm but can be specified right up to 200-300mm thick. This gives you the highest level of strength and resistance to bending, while retaining the natural flexibility of an organic material. 

To discuss your needs or to get a recommendation from our team of timber experts, call Timbermat today on 08000 12 12 31 or fill in our contact form now. 

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