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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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bauma Innovation Award – Kick-off 2 May 2024
On the occasion of bauma 2025, the leading associations of the German construction and construction equipment industry will present the bauma Innovation Award for the fourteenth time together with Messe München. Innovations that have been presented to the public since 2022 or have not yet been published are eligible. The…
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Saarland Ministry of Economic Affairs and RAG sign letter of intent: Cooperation in the expansion of renewable energy
The Saarland Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digital and Energy (MWIDE) and RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, with its subsidiary RAG Montan Immobilien want to join forces to expand renewable energy in Saarland. Minister of Economic Affairs Jürgen Barke and RAG Board Member Michael Kalthoff signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to…
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Iqony finalizes funding agreement with EU
In the summer, the EU Commission announced that the “HydrOxy Hub Walsum” was one of the 41 major industrial projects from across Europe to be invited to start the Innovation Fund Grant Agreement Preparation. Iqony GmbH, Essen/Germany, is happy to announce that the Grant Agreement has been signed with CINEA,…
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SENS LSG builds 63 MWp solar park in Hungary
The solar service provider Iqony Solar Energy Solutions (SENS), Würzburg/Germany, a subsidiary of Essen-based Iqony GmbH, has completed a new photovoltaic (PV) project in Eastern Europe as part of its joint venture with the LSG Group. In Senyö/Hungary, a PV park with an output of 63 MWp was installed and…
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Energy consumption fell significantly in 2023
Energy consumption in Germany has fallen to a historic low in 2023. The Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen), Berlin/Germany, expects a decrease of 7.9 % to 10,791 PJ or 368.2 Mtce (Figure 1). This means that the consumption of primary energy in Germany is more than a quarter below…
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THGA Christmas colloquium “Geotechnics” 2023: B. Eng. and M. Eng. honoured
The Christmas colloquium organised by Professor Frank Otto took place for the 24th time in 2023. After the inaugural lecture by Honorary Professor Lothar te Kamp, Alexander Rudek reported at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) student centre in Bochum/Germany on the graduation excursion to the hard coal mines in…
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The world in an energy crisis
The crises in Ukraine and the Middle East have caused considerable uncertainty on the global energy market, especially in Germany and Europe. The tensions and armed conflicts are having a significant impact on the price structure of the energy markets. Added to this is the great vulnerability of Germany’s energy…
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