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A Clash of Green and Brown: Coal Stays Strong in Germany

December 15, 2020July 8, 2015 by Christian Schwägerl

A recent battle over imposing a “climate fee” on coal-fired power plants highlights Germany’s continuing paradox: Even as the nation aspires to be a renewable energy leader, it is exploiting its vast reserves of dirty brown coal.

Categories Energy Tags Coal, Energiewende, Energy Policy, energy transition, German electricity generation, lignite power plants Leave a comment

On the Road to Green Energy, Germany Detours on Dirty Coal

December 15, 2020June 2, 2014 by Fred Pearce

Behind the millions of solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars, Germany has a dirty secret: its addiction to lignite, also known as brown coal.

Categories Energy Tags climate change, Energiewende, greenhouse gas emissions, lignite power plants, Renewable Energy Leave a comment

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