2007 – Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant Niederwartha
Project
Pumped storage hydropower plant Niederwartha – upper and lower reservoir
ground investitations and stability analysis
Construction period: 1927 – 1930
Client
Vattenfall Europe Generation AG & Co KG
Pumped storage hydropower plant
Preßwitzer Strasse 25
07338 Hohenwarthe
Activities
- Foundation exploration and assessment
- Stability analysis of dams
- Establishment of measuring points for groundwater and settlements on dams and in the foreland
- Hydrogeological expertises
- Laboratory and field testing
- Monitoring of re-filling the upper reservoir
- Geotechnical reports for the dams of the upper and lower reservoir
- Stability analyses of the dams of the lower reservoir according to current rules and regulations
Period of acticities: 1997 – 2007