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The additional transmission capac- ities for depositing and withdraw- ing natural gas in the Haidach facility will be available from the beginning of 2020, announced Astora. The shareholders of the Haidach storage facility, one of the largest in Central Europe, will invest a total of approximately seven million euro.
The VNG gas storage facility in Bad Lauchstädt, Saxony-Anhalt, is also expanding. By 2017, a further cavern with a planned working gas volume of 65 million m3 will be developed.
„Katharina“ has started
In 2017, the rst four caverns of the “Katharina” underground storage facility in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt com- menced operation. Eight more caverns are set to follow. Storage
capacity will be 600 million cubic meters for the project, Gazprom and the Leipziger Verbundnetz Gas are investing 400 million euro. A German valve manufacturer will make a total 770 ball valves for the new facility, as well as 15 iso- lation sections: the total volume is a stately four million euro.
At the current moment, the German storage facilities can store 24 billion cubic meters of natural gas, covering around a quarter of Germany’s annual con- sumption. Capacities, however, are also being auctioned to Dutch and French dealers. Demand is on the rise, and valve manufacturers can pro t. From November 27 to 29, 2018 the world`s No 1 Fair for valves will present its innovations at Valve World Expo in Düsseldorf accompanied by the Valve World Conference.
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