Railways run just fine without coal
November 19, 2018 11:30 amThe two units (total capacity 507 MW) of 1960s-era hard coal power plant in Luenen will be taken off the […]
Tag Archive: Germany
Detektor.fm – Eine Frage der Zielsetzung
October 18, 2018 4:23 pmDer Kohleausstieg ist schon lange ein großes Thema in Deutschland. Wie aber sehen die Kohleausstiegspläne anderer Länder aus?
Open letter to German Chancellor Merkel calls for end to Hambach forest clearing
October 5, 2018 1:00 pmEurope Beyond Coal and almost 100 organisations have signed a letter calling on German chancellor Merkel to declare a moratorium […]
Farewell brown coal; you won’t be missed
August 7, 2018 9:07 amThe municipal-run utility of the eastern town of Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, will replace its lignite-fired coal plant by […]
NPR – Germany Bulldozes Old Villages For Coal Despite Lower Emissions Goals
August 6, 2018 3:49 pmCenturies-old villages across the country are being bulldozed to make way to mine brown coal — one of the filthiest […]
Wired – If Germany Can’t Quit Coal, Can Anyone Else?
July 30, 2018 2:33 pmIt’s been a good run at the Ibbenbüren mine. But now, after 500 years of mining in this coal-producing region, […]
Euractiv – French insurance companies to divest from German top utility RWE
July 23, 2018 3:42 pmFollowing in the footsteps of major European insurers Allianz, AXA, Generali and SCOR, two French insurance firms, Macif and AG2R […]
Cleaner air over the Black Forest
July 23, 2018 9:25 amThe cogeneration plant at Pforzheim, south-west Germany, will phase out coal in 2022, it was announced in July 2018, increasing […]
Municipal utility shows the way
July 7, 2018 9:37 amWuppertal public utility company (WSW) adopted a decarbonisation strategy which has led to the decommissioning of the Wuppertal-Elberfeld coal-fired electricity […]