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02 Aug 2018

Gas plant to replace coal-fired facility in North Rhine-Westphalia

Handelsblatt Online

A coal-fired power plant in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, is to be replaced by a gas-fired plant with turbines delivered from Siemens, Handelsblatt Online reports. Upon its completion, expected in four years, it will be one of Germany鈥檚 largest gas plants, according to the article. Energy company STEAG, which is planning the construction of the plant, specialises in hard coal but is shifting to new sources of energy, the article says. 

Read the article in German .

For background, read the factsheet Germany鈥檚 Siemens: a case study in Energiewende industry upheaval and the dossier The energy transition and Germany鈥檚 power grid

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