Houses of Rheidt in front of the lignite-fired power plant Niederaussem, Bergheim, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Opencast lignite mine with stacker and power plants in the evening, Garzweiler, Jüchen, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Opencast lignite mine with stacker and power plants in the evening, Garzweiler, Jüchen, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Mining area Garzweiler I, Strip mining lignite, wind power plants, Garzweiler, Jüchen, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Houses of Rheidt in front of the lignite-fired power plant Niederaussem, Bergheim, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A car on the way to the lignite-fired power plant Niederaussem at sunrise, Bergheim, lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

"A spreader at the Garzweiler open cast mine in autumn, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe"

Brown coal surface mining Garzweiler, energy generation, brown coal mining area, Jüchen, Niederrhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

"Aerial view, Hambach open pit mine, earth fills, Niederzier, Julich-Zulpicher Borde region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe"

"Aerial view, Hambach open pit mine, earth fills, Niederzier, Julich-Zulpicher Borde region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe"

Bucket wheel excavator, lignite opencast mine Garzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket wheel excavator, lignite opencast mine Garzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

"Aerial view, an open cast mine excavator in the Hambach open pit mine, Niederzier, Julich-Zulpicher Borde region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe"

"Aerial view, an open cast mine excavator in the Hambach open pit mine, earth fills, Niederzier, Julich-Zulpicher Borde region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe"

"Aerial view, an open cast mine excavator in the Hambach open pit mine, earth fills, Niederzier, Julich-Zulpicher Borde region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe"

Mile-long conveyor belts, brown coal surface mine Garzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Spreader with tripper car, surface mining Hambach, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe