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Energy Tribune 4 months ago

Lignite Impedes German Climate Policy

A bucket-wheel excavator stands at the edge of an open-cast mining in Profen, eastern Germany. Photo by Eckehard Schulz: AP

In 2002, Germany passed legislation aimed at phasing out the country’s 19 nuclear reactors within two decades. The hope was that lignite and wind power would fill the ensuing gap. An estimated 40 billions of recoverable lignite reserves would be hypothetically... Full Article at Energy Tribune

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