Garzweiler surface mine
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 Panoramic view of Tagebau Garzweiler | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Garzweiler mine | |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°03′15″N 6°30′35″E / 51.05417°N 6.50972°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Lignite |
| Owner | |
| Company | RWE |
The Tagebau Garzweiler (German pronunciation:
The open-pit mine
The mine is located west of
It is not yet known what effect the plan to phase out all coal-fired power plants in Germany by 2038 will have on the Garzweiler lignite mine system.[5]
Traffic
The A 44 and A 61 motorways that crossed the planned mine area were also affected. The A 44 was closed in 2005, dismantled in 2006 and traffic rerouted to the widened A 61 and A 46 motorways. In 2017, as the mine expanded to the west, the A 61 was closed with traffic diverted onto a stretch of newly built A 44 to the east of its original route.
Displacement of people
In the early 1980s, it is estimated that more than 30,000 people had to be moved for the Garzweiler mine.[6] These people had to leave their houses and move. Plans for Garzweiler II required that 12 more towns would have to be removed, with around 12,000 more people relocated. This has caused many controversies where people protested to save their homes.
See also
- Church of St. Lambertus, Immerath
- Berverath
- Keyenberg
- Lützerath
- Kuckum
- Oberwestrich
- Unterwestrich
- North–South industrial spur
- Schloss Paffendorf
- Straße der Energie ("Street of energy")
- Ende Gelände 2015
- Ende Gelände 2019
- Inden open pit mine
- Hambach open pit mine
- Rhenish lignite mining area
- List of lignite mines in Germany
- List of active mines in Germany
- Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment
References
- ISBN 9780415202855. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ISBN 3-928047-12-4.
- ISBN 3-924007-14-4 (PDF)
- ^ 350.org (2023-09-06). "Organising Civil Disobedience for Newcomers". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kirschbaum, Erik (January 26, 2019). "Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
Germany, one of the world's biggest consumers of coal, will shut down all 84 of its coal-fired power plants over the next 19 years to meet its international commitments in the fight against climate change, a government commission said Saturday.
- ^ Aben, T.T., Kroonen, K.J., Piket, J.J. & Puts, P.J.P. (2021) Make a little space for the human race. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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