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World's first all-electric ground-drilling rig meets tough construction industry

A new fully electric drilling rig has been developed by a group of companies in The Netherlands

 Duratherm, WE Engineering and Conrad Stanen have developed and tested the Combi 300-E, which they say is the first fully electric drilling rig in the world.

Duratherm, WE Engineering and Conrad Stanen have developed and tested the Combi 300-E, which they say is the first fully electric drilling rig in the world.

The three companies have spent 30 months working on the 300-E, a completely emissions-free rig, which has shown excellent results during recent field testing. Last week, Dutch Minister Hugo de Jonge...

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