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, …
This article thus explores the various ways in which Europe's biggest lignite coal mine operations are entangled with accumulation by restoration to expose the intricate and self-reinforcing relationship between extractivism, corporate power, state violence and the 'economy of repair' (Fairhead et al., 2012: 242).These processes, I argue, are based …
the Rhineland are former mining sites that have been restored to create recreational oppor- tunities including swimming, water-skiing and cycling along the shores). But at the same
A German statistics report stated that in 2021, the Garzweiler mine produced 23.4Mt, up from 19.35Mt in 2020. [9] Global Data referred to production of 28.7Mt in 2021, however the statistics report is a more reliable source. [12] No 2022 production figure was available, as of February 2024.
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 …
The investigations were carried out in a lignite open-cast mine of the Rhineland. The studies concentrated on 3- and 7-year-old afforested sites which were covered by a mixture of sand and loess ('Forstkies') to a thickness of at least 4 m. ... Post-mining landscapes are examples of large-scale disturbances to ecosystems, and …
The same is true of state-of-the-art lignite uses: Regarding their operational flexibility, lignite-fired power plants are ideal partners for the expansion of renewables which are also implemented by RWE in the mining area. It is along these lines that RWE is continuing its power plant renewal programme as planned.
The Rhineland lignite mining area with a production of 102.8 million tons of lignite (1996) is predominant compared with the Lusatian mining area (63.6 million tons brown coal in 1996) and the lignite mining area in Central Germany (16.8 million tons brown coal in 1996; for location, see Fig. 1). At present four open pit mines are active in
In 2018, ten mines in the three German brown coal fields (Lusatian, Central Germany and Rhineland: see Map) ... According to preliminary data, whereas in 2010 it was still 23.3% (and even rose to …
Garzweiler mine. Lignite has been mined from the Garzweiler coalfields for over 100 years. The mine originated in the town of Grevenbroich and its centre is now in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss and Heinsberg districts. Just as was the case before the mining operation commenced, the area in between is filled with large areas of farmland, which were re ...
The Rhenish (Rhineland) lignite-mining region covers an area of some 2 500 km2 to the west of Cologne, Germany. Miocene (26-6 Ma) age lignites are covered by more recent clays, sands and gravels.
The recultivation efforts following lignite mining are considered to be exemplary around the entire globe. The requisite measures compensate for mining-related, limited land utilization and create ... Mining area 1989 2) 2016 2019 2020 Rhineland 15,565 9,716 9,785 9,418 Lusatia 79,016 8,765 8,116 7,822 Central Germany 59,815 2,414 2,334 2,190 ...
For more than 100 years the lignite coalfield in the Rhineland has been an example of a landscape basically changed by mining activities. The energy demand of the industrial economy has led to ...
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...
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Bryan Walther, president of The Coteau Properties Company. Half of the 27.7 million tons of lignite coal mined in North Dakota in 2016 came from The Coteau Properties Company's Freedom Mine north of Beulah. That's not unusual. The Freedom Mine has a history that dates back to the mid-1980s of being the state's biggest lignite.
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 …
02 mar. 2012 Energy and Ecosystems // Sustainable Lignite Mining and Utilisation in the Rhineland by RWE Power, Germany Compartir este artículo. Twitter. LinkedIn Facebook. Mail. Holistic management of opencast mines ensuring environmental compatibility Rhenish lignite will continue to play an indispensible role in the energy mix of the German ...
North Rhine-Westphalia is taking a pioneering position in the phase-out of coal mining and the accompanying structural change. On December 31, 2020, the first unit (Unit D) at RWE's lignite-fired power plant in Niederaussem with a capacity of around 300 megawatts was taken off the grid. Unit C is to follow in Niederaussem by the end of …
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.
02 mars 2012 Energy and Ecosystems // Sustainable Lignite Mining and Utilisation in the Rhineland by RWE Power, Germany Partager cet article. X. LinkedIn. Facebook. Mail. Holistic management of opencast mines ensuring environmental compatibility Rhenish lignite will continue to play an indispensible role in the energy mix of the German …
The prospect of a global climate crisis has led to the current re-evaluation of lignite mining from guarantor of wealth and stability to driver of multi-scalar uncertainties. ... the carbon-democratic entanglement of political institutions and energy industry experienced in everyday life in the Rhineland's lignite mining region probably finds ...
man lignite mining regions. It includes case studies covering the general economic profile, the role of lignite and an outlook for the Ústí region in the Czech Republic, as well as Lusatia, the Rhineland and the Central German lignite area. figure 1: Coal regions in Germany and the Czech Republic Source: Euracoal Chapter 1: Lignite area profiles
Within these numbers, the environmental impacts of opencast mining are not even taken into account. Lignite mining causes the suspension of fine particulate matter in the air, the pollution of waterways, and the use of land. ... the Rhineland replaced Lusatia as the largest lignite area in Germany. The Rhineland's installed capacity of 9.1 GW ...
Gerwin at al. 1 draw attention to the decrease in groundwater levels in the western brown coal mining district in the Rhineland, the largest brown coal mining area in Europe, which has affected an ...
Saxony), the Rhineland (parts of North Rhine-Westphalia) and central Germany (parts of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt). This paper is an attempt to describe the concept of "just transition" and clarify how it is used. By conducting a case study in the Rhineland lignite mining district, the authors
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 ...
@misc{etde_5813909, title = {Brown coal mining and environment in the Rhineland} author = {Schultze, H J} abstractNote = {Between the cities of Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle, a brown coal deposit containing approx. 55 x 10/sup 9/ tonnes is extracted by means of open cast mining methods. The deposit is covered by aquiferous loose rock, which is to …
02 мар. 2012 Energy and Ecosystems // Sustainable Lignite Mining and Utilisation in the Rhineland by RWE Power, Germany Поделиться этой статьей ... The use of lignite for electricity generation, upgrading and, if necessary, as a raw material is geared to the long term. The holistic management of opencast mines ...
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7185(71)90028-5 Corpus ID: 154100661; Recultivation and renewal of a balanced landscape in the lignite mining area of the Rhineland @article{1971RecultivationAR, title={Recultivation and renewal of a balanced landscape in the lignite mining area of the Rhineland}, author={Herman John }, …
With an annual production of 187.2 million tons of lignite in 1996, Germany is the most important producer of brown coal in the world (Rheinbraun, 1997).The Rhineland lignite mining area with a production of 102.8 million tons of lignite (1996) is predominant compared with the Lusatian mining area (63.6 million tons brown coal in 1996) and the …
10 FACTS ON LIGNITE LIGNITE IN GERMANY Employees (end of year)1) Mining area 1989 2) 2016 2017 2018 Rhineland 3) 15,565 9,716 9,739 9,986 Lusatia 3) 79,016 8,765 8,639 8,375 Central Germany 59,815 2,414 2,367 2,379 Helmstedt 1,693 199 146 111 Small irms 642 - - - Germany 156,731 21,094 20,891 20,851 Production of lignite …
