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.