Tag: coal-fired power station
Police start clearing the occupied lignite site
Erkelenz, Berlin Massive police forces began evacuating the village of Lützerath on the edge of the Rhenish lignite mining area in North Rhine-Westphalia on Wednesday. Hundreds of police officers moved…
Steag spin-off Iqony wants to almost double profits in four years
Steag coal-fired power plant in Duisburg Thanks to the energy price crisis, the power plant operator Steag went from being a renovation case to a crisis beneficiary. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images)…
Large demo in Lützerath – climate activist Neubauer probably wants to take part
Demo in Lützerath A village walk is planned for this Sunday. (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf A few days before a planned evacuation of the village of Lützerath in North Rhine-Westphalia,…
Industry & climate protectors promote a quick start together
CO2 emissions The authors of the position paper consider the development of a CO2 transport and storage infrastructure in Germany and Europe to be crucial. (Photo: IMAGO/Wienold) Berlin The cement…
Federal government wants to expand underground CO2 injection
As early as 2030, the use, capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CCS) “on a megaton scale” would have to be used primarily for industry, according to the ministry’s “Evaluation…
Battle for coal – Poland’s great fear of winter
Warsaw, Katowice, Wroclaw Trucks of all sizes are jammed in long rows on both sides of the access road to the Staczic colliery, which has been blackened by crushed coal.…
The EU is demanding an energy transition from South Africa – and is buying more and more coal there
Cape Town If you drive east from the South African economic metropolis of Johannesburg in the direction of the Kruger National Park, you will pass a series of dreary industrial…
The EU is demanding an energy transition from South Africa – and is buying more and more coal there
Cape Town If you drive east from the South African economic metropolis of Johannesburg in the direction of the Kruger National Park, you will pass a series of dreary industrial…
Electricity producer Steag: Owners decide to split up
Steag power plant in Bexbach The power plant with an output of 726 megawatts in Saarland is Steag’s largest in Germany (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The owners of the electricity producer…
RWE earns a lot from the continued operation of two lignite blocks
Power poles and wind turbines around the Neurath coal-fired power plant of the RWE power company RWE now regards the energy transition as a core business. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) Dusseldorf,…
RWE earns a lot from the continued operation of two lignite blocks
Power poles and wind turbines around the Neurath coal-fired power plant of the RWE power company RWE now regards the energy transition as a core business. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) Dusseldorf,…
Will the power supply become critical? New gas power plants urgently needed
Krebber and Habeck announced on Tuesday that RWE would shut down its lignite-fired power plants in 2030, eight years earlier than previously agreed. At the same time, with a view…
Despite the energy crisis, the government probably prefers the end of coal
power supply Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and…
Despite the energy crisis, the government probably prefers the end of coal
power supply Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and…
Federal government plans to phase out coal by 2030 despite the energy crisis
power supply Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and…
Energy company wants to phase out coal by 2030
Press conference by Neubaur, Habeck and Krebber The Green NRW Economics Minister, the Green Federal Economics Minister, together with the RWE boss, presented an accelerated phase-out of coal by 2030.…
Energy company wants to phase out coal by 2030
RWE coal-fired power plant The traffic light coalition wants to “ideally” bring forward the planned phase-out of coal in Germany by 2038 to 2030. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf The energy…
Which coal-fired power plants will supply additional electricity from October
Berlin, Dusseldorf Just six months ago, Germany was in the middle of phasing out coal. Now the dirty electricity producers are returning to the grid, if only for a limited…
Old coal-fired power plants are only hesitantly connected to the grid
coal power plants In practice, commissioning proves to be difficult. Berlin For Gilles Le Van, the matter is clear: “We have to exhaust all available domestic reserves. For example, the…
Old coal-fired power plants are only hesitantly connected to the grid
coal power plants In practice, commissioning proves to be difficult. Berlin For Gilles Le Van, the matter is clear: “We have to exhaust all available domestic reserves. For example, the…