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Coal plays a vital role in electricity generation worldwide. Altough modern plants are much more efficient than before, it is not a clean form of electricity.
Aerial drone view on the Duisburg Walsum power station at night. A coal fired thermal power station, also creates heat for district heating and a 300m high chimney. Energy infrastructure in Germany. Birds eye view.
power plant at blue hour
Brown coal power station at dusk - backlit
Coal burning power plant with pollution in a twilight situation.
Pollution versus clean energy for future generations. Germany, NRW, Neurath
Sunset with dramatic red sky over silhouette skyline in the Bottrop Ruhr area, one of Germany's heavy industrial regions
a power plant with a field
colorful illuminated silhouette of power station in Mannheim at blue hour
Aerial view of a large coal-fired power plant at sunset, showing multiple cooling towers and tall chimneys releasing steam into the sky. The red industrial pipelines and surrounding structures highlight the complexity of fossil fuel-based energy production. This image represents industrial engineering, carbon emissions, and the environmental impact of coal-powered electricity generation.
Fiddler's Ferry Power Station, Cheshire, England
Smoke emissions from cooling towers at a power plant shown against a dramatic sunset, highlighting environmental impacts.
Toned high resolution photograph of a modern brown-coal burning power plant with pollution.
Coal power plant and environmental pollution with surrounding nature in Germany, Bergheim.
Duisburg, Germany-June 9, 2025: Industrial landscape in Duisburg, Germany, photographed from the elevated viewpoint of the 'Tiger and Turtle – Magic Mountain' sculpture. The image captures the city's iconic steelworks, chimneys, and cooling towers set against a cloudy sky, with lush greenery in the foreground
Opencast mining in East Germany
Emissions rising from a power plant chimney, contributing to air pollution and environmental impact
Aerial view of a large coal-fired power plant with multiple cooling towers emitting steam into the atmosphere. Prominent red pipelines and industrial structures highlight the complexity of energy production and fossil fuel infrastructure.
A thermal power station with much smoke coming out of pipes with dark dramatic sky over it. Concept of air pollution. alternative energy and natural gas production concepts
Coal Power Plant
Smokestacks and cooling towers of a coal burning power plant with pollution.
smokestack pollution
A huge steam mushroom rises into the sky, while in the foreground bare trees and quiet fields look almost peaceful. The contrast could hardly be stronger: technique, energy, power - against nature, peace and transience.
Smokestacks and cooling towers of coal fired power plants.
High Voltage Electric Transmission Tower Energy Pylon
Aerial view of emissions rising from the cooling towers of a lignite fired power station in Germany. Dark clouds at dusk.
A nuclear powerplant near Bonn in Germany
Coal-fired Power station with Cooling towers showing evaporating water
coal-fired power plant at river
power station
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