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Lignite excavators extract coal in the Welzow open-cast mine, operated by LEAG. The lignite is burnt in the Schwarze Pumpe and Jänschwalde power plants to generate electricity. The phase-out of coal-fired power generation is to take place by 2038, 11.11.2021

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Eckel

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BRK24E56_449

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Brandenburg Brandenburg state Central Europe Coal Excavator Construction machinery East Germany Eastern Germany Europe Europe's Evening scene FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Jänschwalde Land Brandenburg Lausitz Light mood Lignite Excavator Lusatia Middle Europe No People Power generation Republic of Germany State of Brandenburg atmosphere atmospheric atmospheric light backhoe blue bright brown coal brown coal power station building car climate climate control climate protection coal coal phase-out coal power station coal-fired power plant colliery construction construction machine deserted digger dredger electricity electricity generation electricity supply emission empty energy energy industry energy production energy supply environment protection environmental conservation environmental politics environmental protection evening evening atmosphere evening hour evening mood evening shot evening sky excavator extraction fossil energy source fossil fuel generation of current generation of electricity industrial building light light atmosphere light scene light-coloured lignite lignite-fired power plant machine mine mining mood no one nobody open cast mining opencast mine political politics power generation power industry power plant power station power supply production strip mining structure uninhabited vehicle