Tag: coal
After the coal phase-out, Berlin is looking for new sources of drinking water
As of: April 15, 2024 4:43 p.m What will the water supply of the future look like in Germany, given the climate crisis and industrial change? Because the Spree is…
Coal phase-out: What alternatives there are to coal – Economy
Coal is still important for electricity supply. But some power plants are currently being taken offline in order to achieve the phase-out by 2030. Whether they are really unnecessary and…
Energy transition: Seven brown coal units are facing final closure
Energy transition Seven brown coal units are facing final closure Cooling towers of the Jänschwalde brown coal power plant. photo © Patrick Pleul/dpa In order to reduce the consumption of…
Renewable energies: Wind power is replacing coal as the most important energy source – economy
Last year, wind power replaced coal as the most important energy source in electricity generation in Germany. Almost a third (31 percent) of the electricity generated in Germany came from…
Public transport: In these strikes, climate and coal belong together
Activists join forces with the union to push for better working conditions in local transport. There are good reasons for it. source site
Chemical companies: Industry doubts the coal phase-out – Economy
Markus Steilemann is CEO of the plastics manufacturer Covestro and President of the Chemical Association. He believes that a quick abandonment of climate-damaging power plants is unrealistic. An opinion with…
East German states reject coal phase-out in 2030
As of: February 27, 2024 11:26 p.m The federal government wants to get out of coal as quickly as possible – if possible by 2030. The East German coal countries…
“We were buddies” in the cinema: It works without coal – culture
“Moan” greets “Locke” and “Langer”, then “Locke” is made fun of by his friend because he came too late and then wants to have a smoke before they drive on.…
Microsoft: Coal for the coalfield – Economy
Good news in gloomy times: While the EU Commission in Brussels trimmed the economic forecast for Germany on Thursday, The US company Microsoft announces good news 650 kilometers further east,…
A competition launched to see the blasting of a coal-fired power station tower
It’s going to go boom! On February 11, the ground at the Saint-Avold coal power plant (Moselle), which has just restarted in the cold, will shake. Nothing to worry about:…