{"id":5229,"date":"2023-08-24T17:05:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/neuconnect-das-groesste-deutsch-britische-infrastrukturprojekt\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:04:47","slug":"neuconnect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/en\/neuconnect\/","title":{"rendered":"NeuConnect: The Largest German-British Infrastructure Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:0%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:20%;--awb-padding-left:20%;--awb-padding-right-medium:0px;--awb-padding-left-medium:0px;--awb-padding-right-small:0px;--awb-padding-left-small:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:3%;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:30px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;text-transform:none;font-size:1em;--fontSize:30;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">NeuConnect \u2013 The Largest German-British Infrastructure Project<\/p><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:36px;--awb-line-height:1.3;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">A Flagship Project of the Energy Transition<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is not the size of this project that makes it a topic of conversation among energy experts and heads of state, but rather its great importance, namely its energy sector relevance for Germany and the UK in terms of security of supply in Europe. NeuConnect is a mammoth project connecting two countries across three national borders. I would like to tell you about this and the role Fichtner is playing in this project at the start of the implementation phase in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:20%;--awb-padding-left:20%;--awb-padding-right-medium:8%;--awb-padding-left-medium:8%;--awb-padding-right-small:0px;--awb-padding-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top:1%;--awb-margin-bottom:2%;--awb-min-height:40vh;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NeuConnect_Europa_1400x600.jpg&#039;);--awb-bg-position:center center;--awb-bg-size:contain;--awb-bg-size-small:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0%;--awb-spacing-left-small:0%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column fusion-empty-column-bg-image fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NeuConnect_Europa_1400x600.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fusion-empty-dims-img-placeholder\" alt=\"Europa bei Nacht vom Weltraum gesehen\" aria-label=\"NeuConnect_Europa_1400x600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:30%;--awb-padding-left:30%;--awb-padding-right-medium:8%;--awb-padding-left-medium:8%;--awb-padding-right-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:50px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);\"><p>It is one of the world\u2019s largest interconnector projects: A 725-kilometer-long, almost invisible \u201cenergy highway\u201d is being built between the British mainland near London (Isle of Grain), at the Thames Estuary, and the Lower Saxony region around Wilhelmshaven. The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line, laid as a subsea and underground cable, will cross through the territories of the UK, the Netherlands and Germany in future. In about six years, NeuConnect will be able to transmit up to 1.4 GW of electricity in both directions \u2013 enough to reliably power about 1.5 million homes in the UK and Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:25%;--awb-padding-left:25%;--awb-padding-right-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:20px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" alt=\"Darstellung des NeuConnect Interkonnektors\" title=\"NeuConnect-Grafik_DE\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NeuConnect-Grafik_DE.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NeuConnect-Grafik_DE-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NeuConnect-Grafik_DE-400x264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NeuConnect-Grafik_DE-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NeuConnect-Grafik_DE-800x528.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NeuConnect-Grafik_DE.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Illustration of the NeuConnect interconnector<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:1%;--awb-padding-right:15%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:15%;--awb-padding-right-medium:0px;--awb-padding-left-medium:0px;--awb-padding-right-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:20px;--awb-margin-top:0%;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:10%;--awb-padding-right-medium:9%;--awb-padding-left-medium:9%;--awb-padding-top-small:10%;--awb-padding-bottom-small:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:3%;--awb-margin-bottom:3%;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:36;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Fichtner in a Team with Industry Giants<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The cable manufacturing and laying works for NeuConnect were contracted to <strong>Prysmian Group<\/strong>, Milan, a world leader in DC submarine and power &amp; telecom cable installations. The design and construction of the two converter stations using VSC technology \u2013 in the UK and Germany \u2013 will be carried out by the international power technology group <strong>Siemens Energy<\/strong>, Munich. <strong>Project and commercial management<\/strong>, technical verification of design work, safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) management and monitoring of compliance with conditions from the permitting procedures for the onshore and offshore parts have been <strong>assigned to a joint venture<\/strong> called AFJV consisting of <strong>Fichtner<\/strong>, Stuttgart, and <strong>Arup<\/strong>, London.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:30%;--awb-padding-left:30%;--awb-padding-right-medium:8%;--awb-padding-left-medium:8%;--awb-padding-right-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:20px;--awb-margin-top-small:50px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);\"><h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 24; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"28.8px\">NeuConnect\u2019s Benefits at a Glance<\/h3>\n<p>This first direct electricity link between two of Europe\u2019s largest energy markets is a key project and a flagship project of the energy transition. The main advantages are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Higher efficiency in power transmission through the use of HVDC technology<\/li>\n<li>More stability and flexibility for the European interconnected grid<\/li>\n<li>Balancing different demand peaks in the UK and Germany<\/li>\n<li>Efficient use of capacities due to the time difference between the UK and Germany<\/li>\n<li>Balancing fluctuations caused by electricity feed-in from renewable energies<\/li>\n<li>Improving the diversity of energy supply \u2013 resilient, reliable and flexible<\/li>\n<li>Improving grid stability and connection conditions in both countries<\/li>\n<li>More competition facilitates lower consumer costs in Europe\u2019s largest energy markets.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Export of surplus renewable energy between the countries, which is important for preventing regular shutdowns of wind turbines due to generated but unused power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cThe numbers are impressive: According to its own analysis, NeuConnect will help reduce CO\u2082 emissions by 13 million tons over 25 years. That\u2019s the equivalent of planting 28 million trees or removing 400,000 cars from the road.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);\"><h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 24; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"28.8px\">A Project That Is Being Talked About<\/h3>\n<p>Back in the summer of 2021, the then heads of government of both countries \u2013 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel \u2013 underlined their support for NeuConnect. In March 2023, during the state visit of King Charles III to Germany, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier first highlighted the importance of the project. During his subsequent speech in the German parliament, the British King did not miss the opportunity to comment on the leadership role for securing our shared future, which the UK and Germany \u2013 the two largest producers of offshore wind energy in Europe \u2013 are sustainably strengthening with NeuConnect.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 24; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"28.8px\">Fichtner\u2019s Comprehensive Project Services<\/h3>\n<p>Fichtner, already involved in the planning of the project since 2018, is now supporting NeuConnect with overall project management and implementation services up to the successful start of commercial operation of the HVDC interconnector in a joint venture partnership with Arup. This includes project management and budget control; design review; technical compatibility and safety review, including compliance with grid codes and connection requirements; oversight of factory testing; supervision of manufacture, installation, commissioning, and trial operation; and monitoring of compliance with environmental requirements and permits.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 24; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"28.8px\">Environmental Issues&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Given the dimensions of the NeuConnect project and its necessity for the energy industry, the expected impacts on nature and landscape are manageable. This is the conclusion reached by various studies on environmental protection, nature conservation and ecology, in relation to the converter areas, the subsea and underground cable routes and the landfall areas. In addition, Fichtner is providing comprehensive ecological construction supervision in close cooperation with the competent authorities and specialist firms.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 24; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"28.8px\">And Citizens\u2019 Issues<\/h3>\n<p>NeuConnect has been holding regular discussions not only with the permitting and technical authorities about the current status and specific aspects of the project, but also from the outset with citizens and regional nature conservation associations in the affected regions. Their commitment was and is to inform and involve key target groups from the initial planning phase through to construction and operation of the new infrastructure. All environmental and nature conservation requirements are taken into account throughout the construction project in order to minimize the impact on people and nature.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 24; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"28.8px\">On Course for 2028<\/h3>\n<p>A lot has happened since the project was launched in 2018. What began, among other things, with surveys of some 700 km of seabed to determine the exact underwater route of the project, got underway in September 2022 with preliminary work on the converter stations. At this point, however, a past in which Germany and the UK were hostile to each other caught up with the project: in the form of a 500-kg World War II aerial bomb found on the converter site near Wilhelmshaven, which was properly removed by experts. The project is nevertheless on course in its goal to begin operations by 2028 to help achieve important energy and climate policy goals beyond the countries involved. It is doing so with major support from politics and business, with an investment of around 1.8 billion euros, with worldwide leading energy companies and, we are very proud to say, also with Fichtner.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p><em>July 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:30%;--awb-padding-left:30%;--awb-padding-top-small:50px;--awb-padding-right-small:30px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:0%;--awb-padding-left-small:21px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-background-color-small:#eae8e8;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-padding-left-small:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element sm-text-align-center\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Fichtner employee Uwe Armonies\" title=\"Uwe Armonies, Senior Project Manager at Project Department Power Transmission &#038; Distribution\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Uwe_Armonies_500x400.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Uwe_Armonies_500x400-200x160.jpg 200w, 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