- Apr- 2024 -19 April
Iqony’s hydrogen project in Völklingen-Fenne in Saarland, classified as Important Project of Common European Interest
HydroHub Fenne (Figure 1), an electrolysis project for the production of green, i. e. climate-neutral, hydrogen in Völklingen-Fenne in Saarland/Germany has been classified by the EU as an “Important Project of Common European Interest” (IPCEI). This decision means that the EU approval required under German state aid law has now been…
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WaterSense: New THGA project aims to improve the blue-green infrastructure in the Ruhr region
Water and green spaces not only improve the urban climate, they also offer people in the Ruhr metropolis recreation on their doorstep. Against this backdrop, an intact blue-green infrastructure is becoming increasingly important. In a new project entitled “WaterSense”, the Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the TH Georg Agricola…
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Ulrich Paschedag bids farewell to retirement
Ulrich Paschedag (Figure 1) retired from the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, at the end of February 2024. He studied mining engineering at the RWTH Aachen University where he achieved his diploma. He then decided to join the central institution for research and development in the hard coal industry,…
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Hard Coal: Guardian angel of energy supply
The year 2023 demanded a lot from the German economy and the energy sector. It was not a good year! Economic output and industrial production fell. Germany hit the headlines as the “sick man of Europe”. With the shutdown of the last nuclear power plants, Germany went from being a…
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Kick-off for ground-breaking research project to develop a climate-neutral drive concept for specialist foundation equipment based on a fuel cell system
On 16th October 2023, the headquarter of BAUER Maschinen GmbH in Schrobenhausen/Germany, hosted the kick-off event for a research project with the potential to catapult the carbon footprint of specialist foundation equipment to a whole new level. The goal: climate-neutral operation based on a fuel cell system. The consortium partners…
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GFZ and DMT GROUP agree on cooperation for geoenergy research
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, part of the Energy & Resources business unit of TĂśV NORD GROUP, and the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany’s national centre for research into the solid earth, have joined forces to research geo-energy. The GFZ is solving key problems…
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Mineral resource estimate increased by 445 %
Zinnwald Lithium GmbH, Freiberg/Germany, has announced the new results of the drilling campaign in the Altenberg-Zinnwald area and published them in a press release on the London Stock Exchange. The results show that the deposit is several times more productive than previously assumed. “Due to the immense amount of data…
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My life 150 years ago – a photo project by the Niederberg Comprehensive School
How did young people live at the time of the industrial revolution on the Lower Rhine, at the interface between rural life and the advent of industrialisation? What moved people above and below ground? In a photo project in cooperation with the Neukirchen-Vluyn Museum, the training tunnel of the former…
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Review Atomrecht – Atomgesetz und Ausstiegsgesetze
Frenz (ed.): Atomrecht – Atomgesetz und Ausstiegsgesetze, 2nd edition, 810 p., Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-7560-0339-6, 169 €. The nuclear phase-out was completed in Germany on 15th April 2023 with the shutdown of the last nuclear power plant. In the course of the phase-out process, nuclear law has changed from a…
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Modern coal-fired power stations are facing losses that could potentially run into billions
The decision to phase out fossil fuels has already been taken. The intention behind Germany’s Coal-Fired Power Generation Termination Act (KVBG) is to resolve a social conflict, while also guaranteeing planning reliability for everyone involved. However, the legislation is not catering to this aspiration in full. In particular operators of…
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