Lubmin Power Station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Germanyandcoal}} Lubmin Power Station (also known as Greifswald Power Station) in Lubmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany was proposed by Dong Energy to have an installed capacity of 1600 megawatts and had a notional commissioning date of 2012. The project sparked widespread community opposition[1]In April 2008 Power in Europe, an energy trade newsletter, reported that the project "is in doubt after members of the SPD government in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have threatened to resign if construction goes ahead.
Due to opposition, DONG Energy cancelled the project in 2009.[2]
Local opposition was high. Dong wanted to start construction this year and operations in 2012."[3] In its "new power plant tracker", the newsletter stated that the proposed "plant still in the the planning process. A final investment decision expected by the end of the year." It also notes that the environmental group BUND estimated that the project would emit 9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
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Public opinion
Within the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the plans have met much opposition. A movement against the plan "Bürgerinitiativen Kein Steinkohlekraftwerk in Lubmin" (In English: "Citizen Initiative No Coal Powerplant in Lubmin") has risen.[4] Due to opposition, DONG Energy suspended the project.[5]
2009: Project Abandoned
According to Deutsche Umweltshilfe, the project was abandoned in 2009 after three years of permit procedures.[6]
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- ↑ Jyllands-Posten, "Citizens' protest against Danish Dong Energy", Esmerk, April 8, 2008.
- ↑ "DONG Energy Withdraws from Greifswald," company press release December 11, 2009
- ↑ "Coal on the rocks", Power in Europe, Issue 523, April 7, 2008.
- ↑ http://kein-kohlekraftwerk-lubmin.de/
- ↑ http://www.dongenergy.com/EN/Investor/releases/Pages/omx%20feed%20list%20details.aspx?omxid=451981
- ↑ "Projects of coal-fired power plants in Germany since 2007," Deutsche Umwelthilfe, November 2012
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