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Visit to An Opencast Lignite Mine and a Lignite-Fired Power Plant (Boa Niederaussem) in the German Rhine Area
Delegation Visit
Event date(s) : 2005/06/23            Item's Code : DD20050623

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The aim of the visit is to add a practical slant to topics which are currently being discussed by the European Parliament, such as security of energy supply in Europe, Europe’s fossil fuel resources, the management of mining areas, technologies to reduce SOx, NOx, CO2 and particulates, and improved Clean Coal Technologies.

13.00 Departure by bus from the European Parliament, Brussels to Cologne
15.30 RWE Power’s lignite activities with visit of recultivation and Hambach opencast mine

Please note the dimension of the multi-bucket excavator :
width : 240 m (2 x the length of a football field)
heigth : 100 m (higher than of most cathedrals)
weight : 13500 mt (equivalent to about 10000 medium size cars !)
bucket wheel diameter : 21 m
production capacity : 240 000 mt/day

18.30 Cocktail reception (Schloss Paffendorf)
Presentation by Dr. Lambertz (RWE) on Power Generation and the Development of Power Stations
Dinner
21.00 Return to Brussels (Arrival foreseen at around 23.00)

 



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