EUROPE INVESTS IN LIGNITE DESPITE CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS
October 1st, 2014
LIGNITE power station units are still being built and modernised in the European Union (EU), raising warnings from environmentalists that this could negate EU emissions controls. There are lignite projects in various stages of approval, planning or construction in Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovenia, for instance.Lignite is non-agglomerating coal with a gross calorific value less than 17,435 kilojoules per kilogramme and greater than 31% volatile matter on a dry mineral matter free basis. It goes almost exclusively to power and heat generation close ...
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