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Germany (6th ed.)

Germany has considerable reserves of hard coal and lignite, making these the country's most important indigenous sources of energy. ... proceeds of the Foundation. Using its assets, the Foundation will also promote education, science and culture in the mining regions. Brown coal and lignite. ... The use of lignite in the Rhineland is ...

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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. ... mining regions in Germany, the ...

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Acid mine groundwater in lignite overburden dumps and its …

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Acid mine groundwater in lignite overburden dumps and its prevention — the Rhineland lignite mining area (Germany)" by F. Wisotzky et al.

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Challenging the Hegemony of Lignite Mining in Germany's Rhineland Region

Felix Lussem, a Ph.D researcher on the Habitable Air project recently wrote an article for the Focaal blog that sheds light on the history and current situation of lignite mining in the Rhineland region of Germany.

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Before coal disappears from Germany, more villages will

The mine at Hambach in Rhineland has been the site of an ever-growing movement that has attracted climate activists from around Germany and parts of Europe. The protesters, who gather by the thousands every year, demand an immediate end to lignite extraction in the biggest carbon-polluting region in Europe.

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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 …

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CASE STUDY Regional Development Agency Rhenish …

The Rhenish lignite mining region in western Germany is a rural area with 2.5 million inhabitants, where coal mines and power plants employ 10,000 people. However, the availability of cheap lignite attracted many energy-intensive industries which provide more than 90,000 jobs.

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Lignite in the Czech Republic and Germany: controversies and prospects

In Germany too, lignite mining has been the subject of criticism from environmental organisations for years. One of the accusations thrown around is the negative impact which open pit mining has on the hydrology of the region.

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Germany's three lignite mining regions

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 …

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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 ...

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Lignite Mining In The Hambach Forest

Hambach Mine is part of the Rhineland Lignite Mining Region. It is a large open-pit coal mine operated by RWE and used for mining lignite. Only about 7 square kilometres of the original 60 square kilometres of …

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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. We …

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Acid mine groundwater in lignite overburden dumps and

In order to mine lignite in open pits the aquifers have to be dewatered and the overburden must be excavated and dumped. The overburden of the Rhineland mining area in Germany mostly contains ...

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Perspectives for the lignite post-mining landscapes of the lignite …

The German government's decision to phase out lignite mining by 2038 or earlier, as recently 2030 has been agreed for the Rhineland, will trigger a number of transition processes in Germany's remaining lignite mining areas. The two largest lignite mining areas are located in geographically different regions: Rhineland in the west and Lusatia …

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A Short Profile of the Rhenish Lignite Area

This short overview provides background information on the German coal phase out process, portrays the Rhenish lignite area and describes the main actors and …

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RESEARCH Open Access Perspectives of lignite post

some remaining mines in Central Germany (Table 1). e western lignite mining district in the Rhineland extends over an area of 2500 km2 [11] and represents today the largest lignite district in ...

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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. ... As early as the 17th century in Germany, lignite was being produced as a replacement fuel for wood, which was becoming increasingly scarce. ... the number of persons directly employed in lignite mining fell from ...

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European Lignite-Mining Regions in Transition

Consequently, Germany's lignite regions in the Rhineland, Lusatia and in Saxony-Anhalt, as well as Czech lignite regions in northern Bohemia, have much to lose if the transition to a decarbonised future without coal is not managed well.

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How Germany is phasing out lignite: insights from the Coal …

Based on two interview series in Lusatia and the Rhenish Mining District, we analyzed the effects of the decisions of the German Coal Commission on these two …

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RWE Power Lignite Mines, Rhineland Lignite, Germany

The Rhenish (Rhineland) lignite-mining region covers a 2,500km² area to the west of Cologne. RWE Power AG, which was created during 2003 by the merger of …

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(PDF) How Germany is phasing out lignite: insights from the …

Second, we analyze how to exno- vate coal in two regions closely tied to the coal- and lignite-based energy history in Germany: Lusatia and the Rhenish Mining District.

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Lignite mining and the Ende Gelände movement, Germany

Together we managed to shut down Europe's biggest source of CO2 emissions: RWE's lignite mines in the Rhineland in Germany. Around 800 of us were arrested, and hundreds of us refused to cooperate with the authorities by withholding our names and IDs.

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Regional Development Agency of the Rhenish Lignite Mining …

The Rhenish lignite mining region in western Germany is a rural area with 2.5 million inhabitants, where coal mines and power plants employ 10,000 people. However, the availability of cheap lignite attracted many energy-intensive industries which provide more than 90,000 jobs. More than 10% of all employees in the region work in the sector.

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Regional Development Agency of the Rhenish Lignite Mining …

The Rhenish lignite mining region in western Germany is a rural area with 2.5 million inhabitants, where coal mines and power plants employ 10,000 people. …

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Structural Change in the Rhenish Mining Area

The last coal-fired power plant in Germany is set to close down by 2038 at the very latest. ... A fundamental requirement for successful structural change in the mining area in the Rhineland and elsewhere is the creation of a nationwide legal framework. ... Under the Investment Act for Mining Areas, the lignite regions will receive financial ...

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Governance Policies for a "Just Transition" – A Case Study in …

This paper develops policy measures for a "just transition" based on a case study conducted in Germany's Rhineland lignite mining district. Semi-structured guided interviews served as the methodological approach.

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Regional Development Agency Rhenish Lignite Mining …

DESCRIPTION. Location: Rhenish region, Germany. Type of coal: lignite coal. GDP: same a the national average. Type of action: regional change agency. Actors: private sector, …

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Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under …

Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions: what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and Lusatian region in Germany?

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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

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Concern over earlier coal exit grows in Germany's biggest mining region …

The German government's stated goal of moving the country's coal exit deadline forward from 2038 to 2030 has sparked concern in the Rhenish lignite mining region in western Germany, an area stretching between Cologne and Aachen, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.The Rhineland is the largest brown coal mining area in …

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