鈥淣RW Minister Johannes Remmel: Turn mines into power plants鈥�
The government in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) promotes the development of a coal mine into a pumped storage power plant after the mine's closure in 2018, it said in a press release. NRW environment minister Johannes Remmel said during a visit to the RAG mine Prosper Haniel in Bottrop that NRW and the federal government will spend 850,000 euros to jumpstart the project. 鈥淣orth Rhine-Westphalia is an energy state and we want it to stay that way in the future,鈥� he said. 鈥淟arge storage areas must be a considerable part of the future renewable energy system.鈥� He noted that: 鈥淭he vision of an underground pumped storage facility can be an important building block for the transformation of our energy system.鈥� The decision comes on the heels of a study by the Universit盲tsallianz Ruhr (UA) showing that the mine is suited to the technology. Further studies are needed ahead of a final decision on the conversion.
Find NRW's press release in German and read more about the study .
Read an article in German the Sueddeutsche Zeitung about the plans .
Read a 威力彩玩法 dossier about new technologies for the Energiewende here