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Impacts of lignite mining in the Rhineland Open-pit lignite mining in the Rhineland is a stark example of environmental de-struction and a major contribution to the climate crisis. The Rhenish lignite mining area is the number one carbon polluting region in Europe. In 2016, RWE, a major German electricity producer, extracted 90 million tons of ...
Microbial Biomass‐C in Reclaimed Soil of the Rhineland …
This article compares reclaimed soils in the Rhineland lignite mining area, Germany (RA) and in the north Bohemian brown coal basin, Czech Republic (NBB). Because of highly significant differences of physical and chemical characteristics (RA was characterized by lower content of sand, clay, ...
Germany (6th ed.)
In the Rhineland, RWE POWER AG produced a total of 95.2 million tonnes of lignite in 2015 from its three opencast mines: Hambach, Garzweiler and Inden. Almost 90% of the …
Germany (6th ed.)
At Neurath, two new lignite-fired units with optimised plant technology (BoA 2/3) were commissioned in August 2012 with a gross capacity of 2 200 MW to replace several old plants. Lignite-fired power output in the Rhenish lignite mining area amounted to some 78.4 TWh in 2015.
Recultivation and renewal of a balanced landscape in the lignite mining …
The lignite mining area of the Rhineland provides an excellent example for planned recultivation of large open-works. In order to properly carry out recultivation measures, it is necessary to conduct basic research on the ecological factors which compose a balanced landscape. The problems involved in reconstructing a landscape, …
Germany's three lignite mining regions | Clean Energy Wire
In its 2012 energy and climate programme, the state government of Saxony, responsible for the mines in Nochten and Reichwalde, argues that lignite is a "domestic, subsidy-free" …
Soil fauna of a reclaimed lignite open-cast mine of the Rhineland …
Reclaimed lignite open-cast mine areas in the Rhineland are covered by a mixture of loess and sand deposits containing organic material that originates from the upper quartary soil which has been ...
How Germany is phasing out lignite: insights from the Coal …
The Commission aimed to balance the interests of different regions, communities, and stakeholders in the lignite phase-out, a challenge when the main lignite mining regions, Rhineland and Lusatia, are economically weak and chronically lack qualified workers [17,18,19]. We analyze how the Commission`s decisions are perceived …
Economic Resilience of German Lignite Regions in Transition
This paper recalls the development of the German lignite regions Rhineland and Lusatia since 1945 to allow for a better understanding of their situation in 2019.
RWE Power Lignite-Fired Plant, Neurath, Grevenbroich
Electricity company RWE Power's lignite-fired power station in Neurath was installed with two new 1,100MW blocks in 2011. The station is located in the Lower …
(PDF) Securing accumulation by restoration – Exploring spectacular
These 'pretty new landscapes' are biodiversity offsets to compensate for the destruction of the ancient Hambacher Forest for the world's largest opencast lignite coal mine in the German ...
German police have long collaborated with energy giant …
But it is part of a controversial deal between RWE and the Green-Conservative coalition government which brings forward the end date of lignite coal mining in Germany from 2038 to 2030, "saving ...
Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under …
Germany, mining was stopped in several open cast mines until the turn of the millennium. Today, active lignite production in Germany is mainly concentrated on the two districts in the Rhineland and Lusatia as well as on some remaining mines in Central Germany (Table 1). e western lignite mining district in the Rhineland
Energy and Ecosystems // Sustainable Lignite Mining and Utilisation …
02 Mar 2012 Energy and Ecosystems // Sustainable Lignite Mining and Utilisation in the Rhineland by RWE Power, Germany Share this article. X ... and communications as means to support approval procedures and the implementation of measures in all areas related to lignite mining and utilization. -Michael Eyll-Vetter, Vice President Mine …
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The Rhenish lignite mining region is facing enormous structural changes due to the withdrawal from opencast mining. The current planning of the regional transformation process, however, has so far only insufficiently considered the local impacts of climate change and thus also existing needs for action as well as opportunities in the …
Before coal disappears from Germany, more villages will
Lignite mining at Garzweiler II, an open-pit lignite mine in Rhineland, Germany. Carel Mohn/PRI. That seems unlikely, as lignite mining continues unabated. However, the days of hard-coal mining in Germany are coming to an end. The last two hard-coal mines in the country, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, will close in …
Operating lignite mining in the Rhineland. (1) Panoramic …
Background The decision of the German federal government to cease lignite mining until 2038 or—if possible—already earlier until 2030, will cause manifold transition processes in the remaining ...
Acid mine groundwater in lignite overburden dumps and its …
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(00)00152-X Corpus ID: 128550097; Acid mine groundwater in lignite overburden dumps and its prevention — the Rhineland lignite mining area (Germany) @article{Wisotzky2001AcidMG, title={Acid mine groundwater in lignite overburden dumps and its prevention — the Rhineland lignite mining area …
Hard coal and lignite
The coalfield in the Rhineland is the largest lignite coalfield in Europe and Germany is Europe's largest producer of lignite. ... the number of persons directly employed in lignite mining fell from 130,000 in 1990 to 6,670 in 2021, …
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 …
Soil fauna of a reclaimed lignite open-cast mine of the Rhineland …
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(00)00147-6 Corpus ID: 93998735; Soil fauna of a reclaimed lignite open-cast mine of the Rhineland: improvement of soil quality by surface pattern @article{Topp2001SoilFO, title={Soil fauna of a reclaimed lignite open-cast mine of the Rhineland: improvement of soil quality by surface pattern}, author={Werner Topp and …
Lignite mining and the Ende Gelände movement, Germany
The companies RWE, Vattenfall and EPH are owners or (in the case of EPH) potential buyers of lignite mines in the Rhineland and in Lusatia. The mining area of Garzweiler near Cologne has the biggest single lignite deposit in Europe. Here, RWE mines just under 100 million tons a year used exclusively for electricity in the local power plants ...
Lignite mining in the rhineland
in 2016 alone, the Rhineland constitutes Germany's most important lignite area. More than half the total lignite pro-duction in all four mining regions is concentrated here. The destructive exploitation of domestic natural resour-ces explains the unrelenting resistance by BUND against lignite mining in the Rhineland.
Groundwater rise in the Rhenish lignite mining area
Gerwin [13] drew attention to the decrease in groundwater levels in the western brown coal mining district of the Rhineland, the largest brown coal mining area in Europe, which has affected an ...
Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under …
Background The decision of the German federal government to cease lignite mining until 2038 or—if possible—already earlier until 2030, will cause manifold transition processes in the remaining lignite mining districts of Germany. The two largest districts are located in geographically opposite regions: The Rhineland in the western …
Lignite mining in the rhineland
With mining extraction of 90,45 million metric tonnes in 2016 alone, the Rhineland constitutes Germany's most important lignite area. More than half the total lignite pro …
Governance Policies for a "Just Transition" – A Case Study in …
The Rhineland lignite mining district has good logistical links to a large number of research institutions. The renowned RWTH Aachen University, as well as one of the largest research institutions in Europe, the Forschungszentrum Jülich, are both located in the heart of the lignite region.
Energy and Ecosystems // Sustainable Lignite Mining and …
Lignite mining is environmentally compatible as e.g. high quality recultivation of agricultural and forestal landscapes and fine-grained water-management measures …
RWE Power Lignite-Fired Plant, Neurath, Grevenbroich
By December 2012, all 16 of the 150MW units in the Rhineland lignite mining region are expected to be shut down. The two units are located near the existing power plants at Neurath and cover an area of up to 37ha. The units are named as F and G, and are partially connected to the supply and disposal facilities of the existing Neurath power plants.
A Short Profile of the Rhenish Lignite Area
In these two districts, lignite mining and power generation accounted for the highest percentages of gross value added, at 13% and 11% respectively. By …