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Hydro and Solar Power Supply Electricity for Tunnel Operation

ASFINAG in Carinthia will begin implementing a further major expansion of renewable energy sources in the fall of 2023, with the aim of being self-sufficient in electricity by 2030. Work on the expansion of the existing photovoltaic systems at the Villach and Klagenfurt sites is scheduled to begin in November. Also in late autumn, construction work will start on a small hydropower plant directly at the Karawanken Tunnel, which will supply up to a third of the tunnel‘s energy requirements. And in spring 2024, another tunnel will be equipped with a solar power installation. A new system will be...

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