The continuing growth in population and the simultaneous endeavour to improve living conditions lead to the development of new, fascinating and challenging projects in the hydropower, dam and river engineering field.

With the demand for energy and the consumption of fossil fuel growing worldwide and considering all resulting environmental problems, new impetus is given to the production of electricity by the use of hydropower, and thus the use of renewable energy resources as an environmentally friendly form of power generation.

Dams are constructed for hydropower plants, irrigation and drinking water purposes and flood retention schemes.

River interventions are determined by the intended purpose, the possible construction options, the ecological conditions and the economic efficiency.

ILF performs comprehensive engineering services in the following fields:

• Hydropower plants
  • Low-head plants
  • High-head plants
  • Pumped storage plants
  • Drinking water power plants
• Dams and weirs
• River engineering works

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