Tagebau Inden / Open coalmine Inden Germany
Germany’s lignite reserves are inexpensive to produce, making it one of the world’s largest lignite producers (20% of global output). Germany has the largest coal reserves in the EU, of which over 97 percent are lignite (brown coal), with the remainder being bituminous and anthracite (hard coal). According to the 2008 BP Statistical Energy Survey, Germany had end 2007 coal reserves of 6708 million tonnes. Germany is the seventh largest coal producer in the world, producing a total of 201.86 million tonnes of coal in 2007 while consuming 86.03 million tonnes oil equivalent. Germany is the world’s fourth largest coal consumer, importing the bulk of its coal from Poland, South Africa and Russia.
The Rhenish (Rhineland) lignite-mining region covers an area of around 2,500km² to the west of Cologne. RWE Power operates four large opencast mines in the district – Hambach, Garzweiler, Inden and Bergheim – which between them produced 96.2Mt of lignite in 2006. The brown coal industry is dominated by RAG Aktiengesellschaft and RWE Power. .
The Government of Germany announced in January 2007 that it planned to shut down its eight remaining black coal mines by 2018. This phase-out will be reviewed by parliament again in 2012 to see if its still makes economic sense. Seven of the remaining mines are in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, home to the Ruhr industrial region, and one is located in the small state of Saarland on the border with France. At present Germany's federal and regional governments subsidise coal mining by up to €2.5 billion a year and the deal ensures continued financial support for the sector until the last mine is closed. The plan does not affect Germany's brown coal mining sector which can produce coal more cheaply because it uses open-cast mines.
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Stefan J. S., iancowe, Jonathan Gill, het broertje van.. off for the time being.., and 20 other people added this photo to their favorites.
ditmaliepaard (43 months ago | reply)
Mooie plaat !!
Fijn weekend !!
zilverbat. (43 months ago | reply)
Net of die wolk uit die centrale komt.......heel mooi gedaan.....fijn weekend nog !!
Bert Kaufmann (43 months ago | reply)
Sterker nog .... die wolk KOMT uit de centrale!
Fijn weekeinde!
Stefan J. S. (43 months ago | reply)
Spektakulär, Bert! Da hast Du einen Super-Moment erwischt! Tolles Licht!
L’Enfant Terrible (43 months ago | reply)
Your Photo Wins a Heart
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CeMarB&B (43 months ago | reply)
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iancowe (43 months ago | reply)
Like the effect of the sunlight rays popping out behind the clouds
L’Enfant Terrible (43 months ago | reply)
Music To My Eyes - (post 1 - give an award to 5)
kurtmartin (43 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
Discovered! by
Joke Gaasendam (43 months ago | reply)
Prachtige foto, mooie kleuren en licht!
Moser's Maroon (43 months ago | reply)
De wolk, de rookpluimen en dat licht maken van zware industrie een wonderschoon plaatje.
Moser's Maroon (43 months ago | reply)
Zeg me dat die wolk niet uit de centrale komt!?!
Bert Kaufmann (43 months ago | reply)
.... die wolk komt uit de centrale. :-(
Marjo1963 (43 months ago | reply)
Mooi die lage horizon en de zonnestralen die achter de wolk vandaan komen! Komt die grote wolk echt uit de schoorstenen ????
Jonathan Gill (43 months ago | reply)
An excellent image.
het broertje van.. off for the time being.. (43 months ago | reply)
Grote schoonheid!!!!
WUNDERFOOL (43 months ago | reply)
intens luchtje zeg
Rúben (43 months ago | reply)
Prachtig, dat licht.
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Mamanon (43 months ago | reply)
Schitterende lucht met die stralen!
YaYapas (43 months ago | reply)
Great rays of light.
I grew up near the 'Sophienhöhe' . This is the artificial hill created by the surface mining of the 'Tagebau Hambach'. Your picture is a nice local impression for me.
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Akbar Simonse (43 months ago | reply)
Zware en naar ik denk zeer vervuilende industrie. Maar wat een schitterende foto levert het op!!!
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Arend Jan Wonink (43 months ago | reply)
Luchtvervuiling is soms luchtverfraaiing. Mooie plaat!
Jean-François Chamberlan (43 months ago | reply)
It's marvellous, my friend !
Gert van Duinen (43 months ago | reply)
Hey, dit is een erg fraaie plaat inderdaad.
BraCom (Bram) (43 months ago | reply)
Schitterend Bert, wat een geweldig mooie opname!
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atsjebosma (43 months ago | reply)
Prachtige wolken en licht, erg mooie opname!!
Fijn weekend!
Alice H van der Plas (43 months ago | reply)
Spectaculaire wolk, heel mooi gedaan! Alleen niet zo goed voor het milieu..
Pedro Núñez (43 months ago | reply)
how the light diffusses over the clouds... spectacular!
ANVAR - RUSSIANTEXAN © (43 months ago | reply)
Fantastic capture and great info!
Wishing you perfect weekend.
idefix on copyrights [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)
Beautiful light and composition
Happy Halloween
Pieter Musterd (43 months ago | reply)
Komen die grote wolken nu allemaal uit die pijpjes? Leuke foto hoor
joxe@n (43 months ago | reply)
genial fotografia
pergi28 (43 months ago | reply)
Deine Zahlenangaben sind sehr eindrucksvoll und gleichzeitig auch erschreckend. Früher wäre man vielleicht stolz gewesen, dass dieses Land so reich an Kohle ist und weitreichende Reserven hat. Heute wissen wir, dass das Verbrennen von Kohle stark zur Klimaverschlechterung weltweit beiträgt. Deshalb muss sich D. sehr viel Mühe geben, von diesem fossilen Energiemittel wegzukommen. - Dein Foto gefällt mir sehr gut !
Steve-h (43 months ago | reply)
Great shot, awful pollution !
Heccastudio / I see you soon (43 months ago | reply)
wowowo fabulous compo wonderful pic wowowow great
have a fun sunday my friend happy halloween!
George L Smyth (43 months ago | reply)
What an ominous cloud. Very nicely captured.
J.^2 (43 months ago | reply)
Such gorgeous light rays!
Photos Marlies (43 months ago | reply)
Wat een wolken! Geweldige foto!
tokek belanda (very busy) (43 months ago | reply)
Wat een topplaat zeg! Bijna surrealistisch, heel mooi gedaan!
Nog een fijne avond en alvast een goede start van de nieuwe week... :-)
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Mirthe Duindam (43 months ago | reply)
Dus dáár is de wolkencentrale!!
Prachtig licht en silhouetten!!
*Chris van Dolleweerd* (43 months ago | reply)
die zonnestralen erboven zijn ook erg mooi!
wandelgraaf(mostly off) (43 months ago | reply)
de industrie levert in ieder geval een sublieme foto op
Guido Musch (43 months ago | reply)
Geweldig licht zeg, mooi Bert!
Aniket Prantor (43 months ago | reply)
amazing!
Pati-G [Pati Gaitan] (41 months ago | reply)
very interesting, I had no idea this region of Germany had so many coal mines. . . . great picture.
Photolab.AJ (38 months ago | reply)
So that's where they hide that cloud factory?!
Truly intriguing photo.
Cheers,
AJ
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cowrin (30 months ago | reply)
Love the photo, I've used it on my blog suitablydespairing.blogspot.com
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