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18,627 Lignite Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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AERIAL: Lignite surface mine with giant bucket-wheel excavator

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Brown coal opencast mining - Aerial view

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Pile of coal with loader

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Aerial view of mechanical work at a coal processing plant

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Coal Mining, Lignite Surface Mine - AERIAL

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A bucket wheel excavates soil and rocks

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Opencast mining field at Garzweiler, Germany

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Lignite coal electric power plant near Lake Sakakawea.

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Aerial View of a Coal Fired Power Station at Night

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Open-cast mining (Jänschwalde, Germany)

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Coal Power plant

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Bucket wheel excavator in a lignite mine

The Jaenschwalde lignite coal-fired power plant, in Peitz, Germany, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck pushed back...

Open Cast Lignite Mine And Power Plant in Germany

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An ideal landscape of the lignite period

Lignite excavator of German energy provider RWE is seen at the Garzweiler lignite open cast mine near the village of Luetzerath, western Germany, on...

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Brown coal passes along a conveyor belt

Exhaust plumes from cooling towers at the Jaenschwalde lignite coal-fired power station, which is owned by Vatenfall, April 12, 2007 at Jaenschwalde,...

Germany Plans 40 New Coal-Fired Power Plants

Exhaust plumes from cooling towers at the Jaenschwalde lignite coal-fired power station, which is owned by Vatenfall, April 12, 2007 at Jaenschwalde,...

Germany Plans 40 New Coal-Fired Power Plants

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Opencast mining field at Garzweiler, Germany

February 2024, Saxony, Pödelwitz: A bucket-wheel excavator works in the coal seam in the Vereinigtes Schleenhain open-cast mine. The Green Party...

Green parliamentary group meets in Leipzig

February 2024, Saxony, Pödelwitz: A truck drives through the lunar landscape of the Vereinigtes Schleenhain open-cast mine. The Green Party...

Green parliamentary group meets in Leipzig

January 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Elsdorf: An excavator stands near the Terra Nova viewpoint in the Hambach open-cast mine. The lignite...

Rhenish lignite mining area

December 2023, Brandenburg, Jänschwalde: The coal seam in the Jänschwalde opencast lignite mine operated by Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG is at its...

Jänschwalde opencast lignite mine

Bucket-wheel excavator operates in the Inden lignite surface mine on November 17, 2023 near Eschweiler, Germany. Demands are rising that countries...

Energy Production And Consumption Ahead Of COP28 Climate Conference

November 2023, Brandenburg, Peitz: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Jänschwalde lignite-fired power plant operated by Lausitz Energie...

Lusatian lignite mining area

The Jaenschwalde lignite coal-fired power plant, in Peitz, Germany, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck pushed back...

Open Cast Lignite Mine And Power Plant in Germany

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Undercarriage of the world's largest conveyor bridge

An elderly woman looks at the Jaenschwalde lignite coal-fired power plant, which is among the biggest single emitters of CO2 in Europe, on October...

Germany Remains European Laggard In Phasing Out Coal

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Coal Excavator At A Working Coal Mine

Dirt tracks lead towards a conveyor structure in the Tomisawice open cast lignite mine, operated by PAK KWB Konin SA, in Konin, Poland, on Tuesday,...

Excavation at The KWB Konin S.A Tomisawice Open-Cast Coal Mine

Picture taken on October 5, 2022 shows the Garzweiler lignite open cast mine operated by German energy giant RWE near Luetzerath, western Germany. -...

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Bucket-wheel excavator at the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine, operated by RWE AG, near farmland in Grevenbroich, Germany, on Friday, April 8,...

RWE AG Lignite Mines and Power Stations as EU Agrees Ban on Russian Coal Imports

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the lignite-fired power plant of German energy giant RWE in Neurath, western Germany, on early January 17,...

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Steam rises from the cooling towers of the lignite-fired power plant of German energy giant RWE in Neurath, western Germany, on January 17, 2022.

GERMANY-ENERGY-COAL-ENVIRONMENT-RWE-CLIMATE

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Bucket wheel excavator in a lignite mine

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Aerial view lignite mine, Gartzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Aerial view lignite mine, Gartzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Lignite Mine in western Macedonia near the city of Ptolemaida on January 28, 2007 in Ptolemaida, Greece. PPC has mining areas adjacent to many of its...

Lignite Mines in Ptolemaida

Lignite Mine in western Macedonia near the city of Ptolemaida on January 28, 2007 in Ptolemaida, Greece. PPC has mining areas adjacent to many of its...

Lignite Mines in Ptolemaida

Exhaust rises from cooling towers at the RWE Niederaussem lignite coal-fired power station, with the houses in the village of Rate in the foreground,...

Protesters Converge On Rhineland Open-Pit Coal Mines

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Huge excavator at abandoned lignite mine

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soft coal opencast mining Hambach, Germany

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Giant mining conveyor machine stands as wind turbines operate beyond at Jaenschwalde open pit lignite mine, operated Vattenfall AB, in Jaenschwalde,...

Lignite Excavation At Vattenfall AB And RWE AG Mines As COP21 Climate Deal Spells Disaster For Coal Industry

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Lignite opencast mining

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Open Strip Coal mine with Bucket-wheel excavator at conveyor belt

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Lignite-fired power plant Schwarze Pumpe Power Station, Germany

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Abandoned giant bucket wheel excavator with bright sun

Brown coal being extracted by huge bucket-wheel excavator at the Nochten opencast pit, lignite mine near Weisswasser, Saxony, Eastern Germany.

Aerial view over exploited and devastated landscape of the Nochten opencast pit, lignite mine near Weisswasser, Saxony, Eastern Germany.

Nochten opencast mine

Brown coal / lignite being being extracted by huge excavator at the Nochten opencast pit, lignite mine near Weisswasser, Saxony, Eastern Germany.

Nochten opencast mine

An aerial view of thousands of solar panels located on the former Adamow lignite open pit coal mine in Przykona, Poland on April 08, 2024. The second...

Poland's second-largest solar farm operates at a former open pit coal mine

March 2024, Hamburg: View of the Hansaport, a seaport terminal for bulk goods such as iron ore and coal, in the Port of Hamburg. Photo: Marcus...

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Colored board with drawings of different minerals.

Local people, including some holding a banner that reads: "Future instead of lignite coal in Luetzen region"", attend a protest against the expansion...

Coal Mine Expansion Threatens Villages

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open Strip Coal mine

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Brown coal opencast mining at dusk

Bucket-wheel excavator operates in the Inden lignite surface mine on November 17, 2023 near Eschweiler, Germany. Demands are rising that countries...

Energy Production And Consumption Ahead Of COP28 Climate Conference

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