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The 100-metre-high cooling tower and 140-metre-high chimney of a former coal-fired power station in eastern France collapse after being razed using explosives. Operated from 1917 to the end of 2015, the Lucy power station has been undergoing conversion since 2018, with dismantling and decontamination work. IMAGES
Miami, Jun 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Cristóbal Herrera) Florida's largest electricity company demolished its last coal-based plant in the state on Wednesday to make way for an energy complex cleaner, as part of the goal to install 30 million solar panels by 2030.FOOTAGE OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE PLANT AND SOUNDBITES OF BILL ORLOVE, SPOKESMAN FOR FPL.
A former coal-fired power station in Lünen, Germany, is partially destroyed in three controlled explosions. The 110-metre high cooling tower, the 250-metre chimney and the 70-metre boiler house collapse under the blasts, requiring 420 kilograms of explosives in 2100 bores. The Lünen coal-fired power station was commissioned in 1938 and its dismantling began in June 2020. Germany has decided to abandon coal by 2038, although it still accounts for a quarter of its energy mix. IMAGES
Warsaw (Poland), Dec 12 (EFE), (Camera: Pablo González).- Poland, which is 80% dependent on coal, anticipates a long and difficult goodbye to thermal energy to meet European climate commitments.The country agreed on Friday, together with the rest of the EU partners, to reduce its emissions by "at least 55%" by 2030.FOOTAGE OF AIR POLLUTION, OF A THERMAL POWER PLANT IN WARSAW, OF WARSAW ENERGY INSTITUTE AND OF COAL MINE.SOUNDBITES OF WOJCIECH JAKOBIK, ENERGY ANALYST AND BIZNESALERT EDITOR IN CHIEF.
Mumbai, Oct 12 (EFE/EPA).- A major power outage due to a grid failure brought Mumbai, the boisterous financial and entertainment capital of India, and its suburbs to a grinding halt on Monday with thousands of train commuters stranded.Electricity supply was restored partially hours after the outage, a rare incident in one of the busiest Indian cities. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI). B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF MUMBAI, INDIA, DURING THE POWER OUTAGE.
Berlin, Aug 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Clemens Bilan).- A group of environmental activists occupied the Berlin Moabit thermal power plant on Saturday to protest against coal power in Germany.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ON SATURDAY.