Английская Википедия:Garzweiler surface mine
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The Tagebau Garzweiler (Шаблон:IPA-de) is a surface mine (Шаблон:Lang-de) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite.[1] The mine currently has a size of Шаблон:Convert and got its name from the village of Шаблон:Ill which previously existed at this location. The community was moved to a section of Jüchen with the same name.[2]
The open-pit mine
The mine is located west of Grevenbroich and exploitation is progressing towards Erkelenz. Mining was originally limited to the Шаблон:Convert Garzweiler I area located east of the A 44 motorway. Mining in the Шаблон:Convert Garzweiler II area started in 2006 and it will take until around 2045 to fully exploit both sectors. The lignite is used for power generation at nearby power plants such as Neurath[3] and Niederaußem. In 2015 1500 protesters took part in civil disobedience against the mine on the basis that it is Europe’s biggest source of CO2 emissions. Around 1000 people entered the coal mine and all of the diggers in its pit were brought to a standstill.[4]
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
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- Lützerath
- Шаблон:Ill
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- Шаблон:Ill ("Street of energy")
- Ende Gelände 2015
- Ende Gelände 2019
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- Hambach open pit mine
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- Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment
References
External links
Шаблон:RWE Шаблон:Portal bar Шаблон:Authority control Шаблон:NorthRhineWestphalia-geo-stub
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Rolf Sevenich: Garzweiler II. Kersting, Aachen 1996, Шаблон:ISBN.
- ↑ Hambachgruppe: Verheizte Heimat – Der Braunkohletagebau und seine Folgen. Aachen 1985, Шаблон:ISBN (PDF)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 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.
