2011 fewer subsidies for coal assumed to be

Monday, 7 November 2011
The federal government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2011
is less need to raise subsidies for coal mining in Germany, expiring
in 2011 than originally anticipated.
In the current year would probably be around 500 million euros in aid
not used, said the President of the General Association of coal, Bernd
Tönjes, on Monday in Essen. The reason for this is due to increased
world market prices for coal. The subsidized coal mining in Germany,
which is bundled under the umbrella of the RAG Group is to expire
2018th The aid must be under an agreement between the EU Commission
and the Federal Government to go back down gradually.
GREEN ENERGY INSTEAD OF BLACK GOLD
The RAG is concerned, according to Tönnies now with how they may
participate in the planned energy systems in Germany. Their stockpiles
would provide about a "whole range" of possible applications for
renewable energy - from the erection of wind turbines to pump storage
power plants in abandoned coal mines. This can help to save
electricity from alternative energy sources. Without opportunities for
energy storage are the energy goals of the federal government not to

Russia's dirty dreams

 Because gas is much more expensive to sell abroad, citizens of Russia to do so and continue to heat with peat. The first manufacturers are already dreaming of exports to Germany.
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Peat-mining in the region near Moscow Shatura. Russia's government wants to make the cheap fuel for the local population as an alternative to the popular gas. Source: picture alliance / RIA Novosti
Peat-mining in the region near Moscow Shatura. Russia's government wants to make the cheap fuel for the local population as an alternative to the popular gas. Source: picture alliance / RIA Novosti

The battle for the lignite

The battle for the lignite
Alexander Fröhlich

Why is fought so bitterly over the future of power generation in the Lausitz

Potsdam - Brandenburg is again in a fierce debate over the future of lignite and coal in power plants Lusatian broken out as much about the controversial CCS technology to capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). Had kicked off the debate, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. The chief of the prestigious, internationally renowned Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) said on Tuesday he thought the electricity for non-sustainable. As a corporate consultant, he would recommend to the energy group Vattenfall an exit.