The view from the executive floor of the Leag headquarters in Cottbus extends far over Lusatia. In the northeast you can see the blocks of the Jänschwalde brown coal power plant in the distance, whose opencast mining will be stopped at the end of the year. To the south, the outlines of the Boxberg and Schwarze Pumpe power plants appear in the distance. But Leag boss Thorsten Kramer’s office points west – and into the future. On the horizon: lots of wind turbines.
“Lignite will be mined for even longer than we think” – Economy
