Official Assessment E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH Walchenseekraftwerk Germany Lead Assessor: Dr Bernt Rydgren Final 10/05/2013 Client: E.ON Hydro Fleet Lead Assessor: Dr Bernt Rydgren, Senior Consultant, ÅF Industry, Ågatan 40, SE-582 22 Linköping, Sweden, +46- 70-3160920,
[email protected] Co-assessors: Dr Jörg Hartmann, Independent Consultant, and Douglas Smith, Senior Sustainability Specialist, IHA Assessors-in-training: None Assessment Date: 27/02/2012 to 02/03/2012 Project stage: Operation Project size: 124 MW Project type: Storage Cover page photo: The River Isar upstream of the Rißbach confluence. Walchenseekraftwerk, Germany www.hydrosustainability.org | i Acronyms Acronym Full Text DB Deutsche Bahn, the German national railways HEA Hydro Equipment Association ILO International Labour Organization LTI Lost Time Incidents O&M Operations and Maintenance TÜV Technischer Überwachungsverein (Technical Inspection Association in English); German organisations working on the validation of product safety for humans and the environment Walchenseekraftwerk, Germany www.hydrosustainability.org | ii Table of Contents Acronyms .................................................................................................................................... ii Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... iii Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... iv Sustainability