MOOB05
XFEL. EU, Hamburg, Germany
The European XFEL is currently under construction in Hamburg, Germany. After completion in 2015 it will provide a highly versatile X-Ray FEL user facility covering the wavelength range from 300 eV to over 25 keV with a wide range of operating conditions. At the moment in time, the civil construction for the project is almost complete and the installation phase is starting. In this talk we review the state of the project and outline the steps that are foreseen from now until completion. We shall also discuss the plans for technical and machine commissioning. Finally we shall touch upon a number of future extensions and upgrades that are currently under discussion.
