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Using hydropower is the future

WE’RE ON TOP

OF THE WORLD
510 metres
113 metres

33,000,000 m³
EUROPE’S LARGEST CONSTRUCTION SITE HAS BECOME
A SHOWCASE FOR WHAT CATERPILLAR CAN DO

Everything about the Kühtai Dam Project is huge.
From its estimated €1bn cost, to its location,
LET’S TALK BIG NUMBERS 2,200 meters up in the Austrian Alps, to the
number and size of Cat machines they’re using.
8,000,000m³
The total amount of earth moved in four years
Having been involved in building the first
Kühtai Dam in the 1980s, Cat dealer
15,000m³ Zeppelin knew just how complicated and
The amount of earth each machine moved per day demanding building the new dam would
be. Simon Husemann, Senior Product
Manager Large Equipment, explains,
2,200m above sea level “As you would expect with something
How high up in the Alps the site is of this scale, the new dam project was
a long time in the making and involved
33,000,000 m³ numerous customers in the bidding
process. Fortunately, at Zeppelin, we’ve
The amount of water the dam will hold gained a lot of experience with heavy
construction over the years. This meant
216,000,000 kWh our Caterpillar Global Construction &
The amount of electricity the site will generate per year Infrastructure and Mining Reps could
get the quotes together quickly.”