Imagine you want to build a hydropower plant, somewhere in the middle of nowhere on a large river. You have some coordinates but that’s all. What to do? Ok, you can open Google Earth and get a first overview of the location and landscape. But for planning you need more… 5 facts about satellite images …
Would you like to meet the President?
The Bumbuna hydroelectric dam delivers more than two thirds of Sierra Leone’s electricity. When phase II is complete with Lahmeyer’s expertise, electricity generation will quadruple. No wonder the country’s President met with Project Manager, Jens Mödinger, and the rest of the Lahmeyer International team. “We will meet the President today”. When our local project coordinator …
Building on 2000 years of irrigation in Sri Lanka
In the last month, I attended two ground-breaking ceremonies where the President of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, launched the construction of two major irrigation projects (the Kaluganga-Moragahakanda Transfer Canal and the North West Province Canal Project). In his remarks in front of crowds of 20,000 people, he said the implementation of the Moragahakanda-Kaluganga Irrigation Development …