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

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