Reference reports

In the district of Kleve, Amprion reached another milestone in August 2025 as part of the construction of the A-Nord DC connection: the Rhine crossing between Rees (Haffen) and Xanten (Obermörmter).

Our infrastructures are facing rapidly growing challenges. Rising ambient temperatures, urban densification, and increasing regulatory requirements from the European Drinking Water Directive call for new solutions.

Beneath an active campsite at Lake Balaton in Hungary, a DN 500 asbestos cement sewer pipeline was trenchlessly rehabilitated using the Close-Fit method.

TransnetBW has awarded further lots for the construction of the SuedLink underground cable route. Here, too, the underground cables will be protected by the egeplast Power Protect PE-RT system – in addition to the ongoing deliveries for lots 9 and 10.

The approximately 10 km long North Industrial Collector (ISN) in Dresden creates the necessary wastewater infrastructure for the expanding semiconductor industry.

The transport of drinking water from the waterworks in Münster is now carried out by fully welded egeplast pipe systems.

To be able to use the valuable resource of water more efficiently in the long term, the Consorzio di Bonifica Veronese decided to build an irrigation system for agricultural purposes.

The new high-voltage line, an underground cable around seven kilometres long, is protected by the egeplast Power Protect cable protection conduit system, which was installed in part using horizontal directional drilling and ploughing.

The construction of a wastewater transport pipeline to discharge wastewater from a newly established industrial plant via a pumping station into an adjacent sewage treatment plant presented all parties involved with major challenges

The close-fit method using pre-deformed PE pipes is a highly efficient and sustainable pipe rehabilitation method for old drinking water lines.

The Stadtwerke Roth have begun installing a new drinking water interconnection pipeline from the Roth waterworks to secure the long-term drinking water supply.

The professional management of major projects is becoming increasingly important given the large number of underground cable projects running simultaneously in the field of direct current.

In the southern Emsland region, the expansion of the green power grid enters a significant phase with the grid connection to BorWin4 & DolWin 4.

Through precisely fitting, pre-fabricated solutions, construction costs at the Leimen wastewater treatment plant could be significantly reduced. The pipeline contractor Tecoba mastered the challenges at the Leimen wastewater treatment plant, limiting assembly to the connection of the specially pre-fabricated modules from egeplast – thus realizing time and cost advantages.

For Stadtwerke Lichtenfels, security of supply and operational reliability are the top priority. When constructing a new drinking water pipeline through rough and difficult-to-access terrain using low-trench and trenchless installation methods, they therefore used the fully monitored egeplast SLM® DCS pipe system – for maximum safety.

As part of the energy transition, the energy landscape in southern Emsland is undergoing transformation. At the Hanekenfähr site, the Emsland nuclear power plant will be taken offline at the end of 2022. At the same time, increasing amounts of wind energy from the north must be effectively integrated into the grid.

During the rehabilitation of the main water line in Hötensleben, the local water and wastewater utility TAV Börde faced major challenges. Due to the demanding route layout and narrow access paths, the egeplast ege-Liner® was used in a close-fit lining process – an efficient and environmentally friendly solution.

To improve network stability in its own gas network, the network operator SWS Netze GmbH in Stralsund is investing in a new high-pressure connection pipeline. This pipeline connects the Stralsund West and East transfer stations and serves the purpose of ensuring a more balanced utilization between both stations in the future.

In the East of England, egeplast UK is making a significant contribution to the extensive modernization of the water network in East Ruston, near Norwich, England. This nearly 13.5-million-euro project is the first collaboration between egeplast UK and the client Anglian Water and will secure the water supply for 5,000 people in the long term…

In the first half of 2023, the Swedish municipality of Östersund installed an 8 km water pipeline between the old ferry port in Frösön and Sunne. A complex project, as the pipeline had to be installed through the completely frozen Lake Storsjön. The pipe system used was the Extena pressure pipe made of polyethylene PE…

The Celtic Interconnector project is a technically demanding construction project aimed at connecting the power grids of Ireland and France via a 575 km high-voltage submarine cable. This ambitious infrastructure project is designed to facilitate cross-border power supply and contribute to European climate targets.

As the year draws to a close, we would like to sincerely thank our employees, customers and business partners for the trusting cooperation.

Off the island of Baltrum, TenneT began connecting three offshore wind farms to the extra-high-voltage grid in summer 2024. The new 525 kV DC links of the 2 GW offshore grid connection projects BalWin3+4 and LanWin1 will strengthen the German power grid and increase the share of green electricity.

Another rehabilitation of the drinking water pipelines was carried out in Grenchen, Switzerland. To ensure the protection of drinking water, the client SWG relied on egeplast SLA® Barrier Pipe pipes.

Durable, corrosion- and abrasion-resistant, and fully monitored – these were the requirements set by LMBV (Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbauverwaltungsgesellschaft) for a new 13.5 km brine transport pipeline from Menteroda to the central brine storage basin in Wipperdorf.

Droughts, floods, and other extreme weather events are increasingly presenting us with new challenges. egeNews reported on this in the 11/2022 issue. The safe transport of drinking water and wastewater is also becoming more complex and prone to disruption. With the intelligent pipe systems SLA® Barrier Pipe, SLM® DCS, and 3L Leak Control, egeplast offers…

The new leak-monitored sewage pressure pipeline at the Söse Dam, which was intended to replace the old asbestos cement sewer, had to be routed through Class I and II drinking water protection zones.

Renewing the water pipes for a government building in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region presented those responsible with particular challenges: a very tight schedule of just four weeks, severe space constraints, and freight transit times that could not be precisely predicted as an additional risk factor.

To ensure the drinking water supply for the 14,000 residents of Stavanger's Hundvåg district, rehabilitation of the main water supply became necessary. The city administration decided on the diffusion-tight egeplast SLA® Barrier Pipe. After the installation was originally planned using the pipe bursting method through an existing cast iron pipe, the plan had to be…

The A-Nord power line will bring wind energy from the North Sea to North Rhine-Westphalia, providing two gigawatts of transmission capacity from 2027.

In the Wahle-Mecklar pilot project by project developer TenneT, Bohlen & Doyen used the "KaRoSch" cable pipe carriage, a new laying technique for power cables, for the underground cabling section, achieving a significant increase in efficiency: up to 25% higher laying speed, increased occupational safety, and a significant reduction in resource consumption.

Europe faces the challenge of renovating and modernizing its old and often dilapidated gas supply pipelines.

With the renewal of a two-kilometer-long water pipeline for Welsh Water, which had to be installed trenchlessly under the River Dee estuary and routed through heavily contaminated soil, egeplast UK completed a demanding project in the British water industry.

Major project BorWin5 for safe and low-loss transmission of green offshore power progresses – De Romein GmbH constructs onshore route from Hilgenriedersiel to Garrel/Ost converter station using egeplast Power Protect conduit system.

Already known as a pioneer in thalassothermal technology, Monaco has set new standards with its latest project to reduce CO2 emissions. Through a 1.4 km pipeline system, seawater can be pumped from a depth of 80 m and used to operate air conditioning or heating systems – a complex project in many respects...

To improve their environmental footprint, network operators can rely on the egeplast Microduct Green line made from high-quality recyclates, which is also suitable for resource-conserving installation methods.

To secure the water supply for the people in the region, the Oldenburg-East Frisian Water Association (OOWV) is building a new drinking water transport pipeline.

For the connection to the central wastewater treatment plant on the Vltava River island Císařský in Prague, a pipeline was installed using the HDD method beneath the Vltava. Tight bending radii made pipe pulling difficult, and the geological conditions were unstable due to shale rock.

To improve the drinking water supply, a transport pipeline for treated drinking water was laid in Aspach – partly without a sand bed using open-cut construction, and partly using the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) method.

Using controlled plow installation, the company IFK has performed trenchless installation of numerous drinking water and wastewater pipes in the Czech Republic.

As part of this construction project, various companies were also integrated into the existing gas network, including a mega-greenhouse. In the future, gas will be transported to consumers in the high-pressure transmission pipeline with a pressure rating of 16 bar. Due to the required operating pressures, the HexelOne® SLM gas pipe with dimensions 160 x…

Following the German government's decision to phase out nuclear and coal-fired power generation by 2038, the rapid expansion of the German transmission grid is essential. For efficient expansion, the choice of the right pipe systems and connection technologies is a decisive component for success.

Stadtwerke Esslingen renovated an old cast iron pipeline using trenchless pipe bursting. They were able to significantly reduce effort and costs compared to traditional renovation methods. Due to the high requirements, they used the egeplast SLM® DCT pipe system with integrated quality inspection.

Push-fit connections have been considered a proven pipe connection technology in drinking water supply and a practical alternative to welding for many decades. In the current issue of 3R (01-02|2020), the egeplast egeMDR PE socket pressure pipe system with REINOGRIP push-fit sockets from Reinert-Ritz is examined in detail using the example of Stadtwerke Sundern.

Amprion and the Belgian transmission system operator Elia built the first direct power connection between Germany and Belgium.

To improve the treatment process and eliminate micropollutants in the wastewater flow, the City of Greven decided to build an additional 4th treatment stage for its wastewater treatment plant, with an estimated investment requirement of €4.5 million.

For the grid connection of the offshore wind farm clusters "Westlich Adlergrund" and "Arkona See" in the Baltic Sea, grid operator 50Hertz used the ege-com® Macroduct High-T.

For a new main supply line, the city of Devin used the egeplast egeTherm® High-T pipe system for the first time.

The Austrian industrial company AGRANA, with a facility in Aschach an der Donau, planned a wastewater pipeline that runs through a water protection zone.

In Gothenburg, a new drinking water pipeline was installed in contaminated soil under the Göta älv river using the HDD method.

During the construction of a new sewer for connection to the nearest wastewater treatment plant, two water protection zones had to be crossed in Liedertswil, Switzerland.

As part of the expansion of the drinking water network on a former Amsterdam shipyard site, the egeplast SLA® Barrier Pipe was pulled in trenchlessly using the HDD method.