A history of lignite coal mining and reclamation practices in Lusatia
Krümmelbein, J., Bens, O., Raab, T. and Naeth, M. A. 2012. A history of lignite coal mining and reclamation practices in Lusatia, eastern Germany. Can. J. Soil Sci. 92: 53–66. Germany is the world's leading lignite coal producer. The region surrounding the towns of Cottbus and Senftenberg in Lusatia, Eastern Germany, is one …
Hard coal and lignite
With the decline in lignite production in the wake of German reunification, the number of persons directly employed in lignite mining fell from 130,000 in 1990 to 6,670 in 2021, then slightly increased to 6,899 in 2022 2 (exclusive of persons employed in …
Lignite | Discover conventional energy sources at RWE
RWE is actively helping to shape structural change. The Rhenish lignite mining district is one of the centres of electricity generation in Germany. 8,000 jobs at RWE Power and twice as many at suppliers and service providers depend on lignite – but those numbers are falling. Because due to the coal phase-out, the region will change fundamentally.
'For climate protesters, we are like filth': the German village …
Europe is going coal-free, but a vast lignite mine is expanding in eastern Germany and coronavirus has delayed new climate laws. Mon 1 Jun 2020 07.00 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 14.45 BST.
Police move on coal mine protesters barricaded in abandoned German …
Item 1 of 16 Police officers keep guard as activists stage a sit-in protest against the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine of Germany's utility RWE, in Luetzerath, Germany, January ...
A history of lignite coal mining and reclamation …
Germany is the world's leading lignite coal producer. The region surrounding the towns of Cottbus and Senftenberg in Lusatia, Eastern Germany, is one of the largest mining areas in Germany, and …
Ecology of post strip-mining landscapes in Lusatia, Germany
Strip-mining has an enormous impact on the landscape. In the Lusatian mining district of eastern Germany, where presently 6% of the global lignite production occurs this influence is of particular concern. Over the last hundred years 75,000 ha of land have been turned into dumps.
Environmental biogeochemical characterization of a lignite …
The authors are grateful for funding of the project by the Saxonian State Department of Environment, Agriculture and Geology (13 - 0345.40/71/17) (LfULG), Germany (Project "Microbial and geochemical investigations at the coal spoil area of a former open pit lignite mine in Central Germany"). Furthermore we thank Dr. L. Weber …
How Germany is phasing out lignite: insights from the Coal …
Lignite is a distinctive incumbent fossil fuel that cannot be stored and must be burned for electricity and heat [ 13 ]. This practice is widespread in Germany, notably …
Life after lignite: how Lusatia has returned to nature | Mining …
The Vattenfall lignite mine and cooling towers of the lignite-fired power plant in Jaenschwalde, Griessen, Germany. Photograph: Patrick Pleul/DPA/Corbis
From Mine District to Lake District
From Mine District to Lake District. In the 1980s, a satellite flying over central Germany would have observed many large open-pit mines extracting lignite, or brown coal, for power generation. But today, many of those pits are unrecognizable as they have been reclaimed to serve starkly different purposes. Lignite mining started about …
The Iron Law Of Electricity Strikes Again: Germany Re-Opens …
The Iron Law of Electricity strikes again, this time in Germany. Last week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that five lignite-fueled power plants will be reopened even though burning ...
Lignite Mining
The lignite seam was first noticed in August 1961 and regular mining of lignite commenced in May 1962. German excavation technology is adopted in opencast mining, using bucket-wheel excavators, conveyors, and spreaders were used for the first time in the country in Neyveli.
Lignite in the Czech Republic and Germany: controversies and prospects
Lignite still plays an important role in the Czech and German power industries, remaining one of their key sources of electricity. These countries, together with Poland, are the largest producers and consumers of this fuel in the EU. The share of lignite in both countries' energy mix is trending downward under the influence of the EU's …
A Coal-Mining 'Monster' Is Threatening To …
The Garzweiler is one of three massive open-pit coal mines in Germany's state of North Rhine-Westphalia, along the Dutch border, where lignite coal is mined — a dirty, brown coal responsible for ...
Lignite in Europe: fighting back renewables
For instance, imported Middle German lignite has been rated at 12 MJ/kg by Carbounion Bohemia, several percent higher than mining specifications. Pulverized lignite ( Braunkohlenstaub BKS, alternatively LEP or LignoPlus) with double the calorific value of 21 – 22.2 MJ/kg (5.2 – 5.3 Mcal/kg), exhibits a residual water content of only 10.5 ...
Germany (6th ed.)
Germany (6th ed.) Germany has considerable reserves of hard coal and lignite, making these the country's most important indigenous sources of energy. However, in the case of hard coal, there remain only approximately 20 million tonnes to be extracted following the political decision to end subsidised German hard coal production in 2018.
Lützerath: German coal mine stand off amid Ukraine war …
The land around and under Lützerath is rich in lignite - the dirtiest form of coal. The mine, a bleak and dull brown man-made canyon which stretches over 35 square kilometres, yields 25 million ...
Germany to demolish village for coal, despite phaseout plans
Germany to demolish village for coal, despite phaseout plans. By Sara Schonhardt | 04/13/2022 06:42 AM EDT . An outdated law allows coal companies to take private land for lignite mining that is ...
Germany's three lignite mining regions | Clean Energy Wire
This factsheet gives an overview of Germany's three active lignite mining regions, their history, and economic dependence on coal. [Update: Germany no longer world's largest lignite producer] Germany used to be the largest lignite producer in the …
Despite Climate Concerns, Germany Bulldozes Land To …
It's one of three massive open-pit coal mines in Germany's state of North Rhine-Westphalia along the Dutch border where lignite coal is mined, a dirty coal …
Germany plans to destroy this village for a coal …
Lützerath, about 20 miles west of Dusseldorf, has long been a climate flashpoint in Germany because of its position on the edge of …
Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under …
The western lignite mining district in the Rhineland extends over an area of 2500 km 2 and represents today the largest lignite district in Europe and the main focus …
RWE Power Lignite Mines, Rhineland Lignite, Germany
The Rhenish (Rhineland) lignite-mining region covers a 2,500km² area to the west of Cologne. The resettled community of Garzweiler, one of several developed by RWE Power. Map of the Rhineland lignite basin. Geological section. One of RWE Power's lignite refining plants. Moving rolls of conveyor belting requires specialist vehicles.
How Germany is phasing out lignite: insights from the Coal …
This practice is widespread in Germany, notably in the Rhenish Mining District (West Germany) and in Lusatia (East Germany), two regions whose economies are based on lignite mining. Transitions away from lignite will significantly alter local conditions, but coal phase-out takes precedence from an environmental standpoint, …
Economic Resilience of German Lignite Regions in Transition …
The Central German coal district, like Lusatia, is a lignite mining region in the area of the former GDR. This region has started turning its back on lignite earlier than Lusatia for economic reasons after 1990, and only a few mines and power plants are left in the region today.
Coal in Germany | Clean Energy Wire
In 2018, hard coal provided 12.8 percent of Germany's gross power generation, down from 25.6 percent in 1990. The share of power from lignite fell from 31.1 percent in 1990 to 22.5 percent in 2018. Since …
Coal phase-out in Germany – Implications and policies for …
The spatial definition of lignite mining areas in Germany is based on all administrative districts with a lignite mine or power plant. They are complemented by those regions with high commuter flows within a maximum of 45 (in rare cases 60 min) forming a larger lignite region (see Fig. 3). Download : Download high-res image (889KB)
A Short Profile of the Rhenish Lignite Area
Figure 1: Nightshift at Garzweiler open cast lignite mine. Photo: "Night shift just started" by unefunge on Flickr / CC BY-NC ND 2.0 Background – major building blocks of Germany's coal phase out . In 2018, the German government had decided to outsource the politically challenging debate on a phase-out of coal production and consumption and …
Germany's New Hunger for Coal Dooms a Tiny Village
The cutting of Russian gas supplies to Europe has led Germany to step up coal use, despite its goal to phase it out by 2030. An excavator working at the Garzweiler open-pit coal mine in Germany in ...