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Due to the changed conditions on the energy market, pumped storage power plants are of particular importance with regard to the storage of renewable energy, e.g. from wind energy or overarching grid regulation. Accordingly, Europe-wide investigations have been carried out in recent years to expand these capacities.

The planning task of Tractebel Hydroprojekt GmbH within the engineering community "HBL" with the office Böger & Jäckle from Rendsburg, which began in 2017, will be continued from April 2021 after a successful conclusion of a contract with the Waterways New Construction Office Magdeburg.

The Free State of Bavaria, represented by the Water Management Office of Munich, is planning the construction of a fish hiking aid in the form of a technical slot pass (target fish species grayling) at the outlet of the Schleifermoosach from the Herrenmoosach in the center of the city of Freising. Already in 2017, the approval for the approximately 35 m long fish hiking aid was granted.

Lutherstadt Wittenberg envisages a municipal flood protection system in the outlying centre of Kleinwittenberg in order to close an existing gap in flood protection on the Elbe. At the same time, the flood protection system secures the residential area "Am Stadthafen" planned in this section and replaces a listed quay wall that is no longer permanently stable.

After twelve years of project duration, the New Kattwyk Railway Bridge, one of the most important infrastructure projects of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), was opened to rail traffic on 14 December 2020.

At the beginning of November 2020, our annual external QM audit took place at the Magdeburg and Weimar sites. As a recertification audit, this was associated with an increased scope compared to previous years. As in recent years, it was carried out by DQS GmbH.

The flood protection Weiden was manufactured in several construction phases from 1995 according to a rule profile approved by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment. Existing trees and plantings were then approved in the design and integrated into the new dikes. The dikes were statically inspected in 2019 in accordance with the current requirements of the Bavarian State Office for the…

The state agency for flood protection Saxony-Anhalt plans to increase flood protection in the Area of Calbe (Saale). In June 2020, Tractebel Hydroprojekt GmbH was awarded the contract for the planning services for the repair of the Saale dike in the section between dike-km 0.0 and dike-km 3.5.

The entire project area is located in the estuary of the Saale into the Elbe. During the 2013 flood…

The flood protection facility in the area of the former Borkum naval facility is managed by the Federal Institute for Real Estate Tasks (BIMA), which wants to sell this facility to the city of Borkum. For the sale, it was necessary to undergo a basic repair of the surrounding flood protection system. For this purpose, BIMA commissioned the State Construction Management Ems-Weser as general…

In the catchment area of the Kinzig with the most important secondary waters of Salz and Bracht, there have been repeated flood events in the past, which caused great damage in the settlement and industrial areas of the middle and lower reaches. Triggered by a flood in 2003, a flood protection plan for the Kinzig catchment area was commissioned as part of a pilot project carried out by the state…