German Coal Plant Closes After Just Six Years to Produce Wind-Based Energy
And it substantially reduced the country s greenhouse gas emissions. The German Moorburg coal power plant. Cvoelker / Wikimedia
Going green pays, if you can believe it.
A hard coal power station in Hamburg that generates 1,600 MW was shut down for good on July 7, according to a local news service, a mere six years after its initial opening. And, the Moorburg plant s owner, Vattenfall, aims to pursue a new, hydrogen project at the same site, designed to transform offshore wind energy into green hydrogen.
And this will substantially reduce the country s greenhouse gas emissions.