Eastern Germany's historic mining belt could get a new lease of life thanks to plans to build the country's largest battery park at the site of Boxberg, a communist-era coal-fired power plant on the Polish border.
by the Czech-owned mining and power company LEAG last week, involves building a 200 million euro facility to store for wind and solar energy that will gradually replace the sprawling coal pits of the Lusatia region.
The mood in Lusatia reflects a broader unease with green policies in Germany that is fuelling support for the anti-establishment AfD party to record highs, especially in the east where it is on track to win three state votes next year. "The probability that the AfD will win this constituency is 93% ... Any uncertainty among people helps the AfD," Abraham said, adding he felt the AfD's anti-immigration, Eurosceptic agenda could hurt the region's ability to attract the investors, students and specialists it so desperately needs.What happens to the thousands of mining jobs that will eventually disappear is also a concern.
Herntier and dozens of other Lusatian mayors have formed an alliance to press further demands in case of a rapid coal exit."The Gigawatt Factory is designed to replace coal-fired power generation in the future and with the project we want to show that this transformation from coal to renewables is technically possible," Rainer Schiller, head of large-scale energy storage for LEAG, told Reuters.
In Lusatia's Schwarze Industrial Park, engineers are working on a pilot project for a green hydrogen plant with a planned annual output of 1,000 tonnes that will depend on reliable water supply.
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