Vast German coal plant faces uncertain future
September 26, 2017 1:43 pmGermany’s Niederaussem coal plant is a vast, dirty relic, chewing up villages and crushing the country’s responsibilities on climate change.
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Shift away from coal at Saarland steel production site
June 15, 2017 9:18 amStrong local opposition scuppered RWE’s proposal in 2006/07 to expand the Ensdorf coal-fired power plant, and it eventually announed to […]
Last Berlin lignite plant closes
May 24, 2017 9:20 amThe CHP plant at Berlin-Klingenberg stopped using coal (lignite) in May 2017 (it continues to operate using gas). In 2009, […]
Rhineland breathes again
March 31, 2017 9:26 amBuilt in the 1970s and 1980s on the banks of the Rhine, the two coal power plants of the Voerde […]
Massive polluter now offline; soon to close
July 31, 2016 10:15 amUnder a federal government decision to reduce climate impacts it was decided that several lignite units in Germany had to […]