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Tunnelling,
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Sustainability
Drilling under the Elbe: Start of construction for Hamburg's district heating tunnel
delighted to be able to plan and implement this large and complex infrastructure project for Hamburger Energiewerke and thus contribute to a sustainable energy supply in Hamburg. We would like to thank Hamburger Energiewerke for the trust they have placed in Implenia and look forward to continued successful [...] in the south of Hamburg to the north of the Hanseatic city. Completion is an important prerequisite for the future Hafen energy park on Dradenau to replace the coal-fired power plant in Wedel with predominantly climate-neutral heat. By replacing the coal-fired power plant, Hamburger Energiewerke GmbH [...] GmbH is making the biggest single contribution to Hamburg achieving its climate targets. Implenia is constructing 1.5-meter-thick diaphragm walls for the start and target shafts. Between the two shafts, Implenia's tunneling experts are using a tunnel boring machine to bore a tubbing tunnel 1.16 kilometers[...]