Bert Kaufmann
Tagebau Inden
Inden - North Rhine-Westphalia - Germany
The opencast mining Inden (operator: RWE Power AG) is located in the 'Rheinisches Braunkohlerevier' near Inden, between Eschweiler and Jülich. The annual subsidy is 22 million tonnes of brown coal and serves exclusively to supply the Weisweiler power plant. The coal seams are up to 45 meters thick. The excavation is carried out with the aid of bucket wheel excavators, the refilling before recultivation with spreaders. This company employs 850 people. The opencast mine is expected to deliver brown coal until 2030.
The large-scale dismantling made it necessary for some villages to be completely abandoned and the inhabitants had to be resettled. In the population there was, however, a vehement opposition, but the resettlement of the opencast mining operation is regarded as inevitable, since the coal mining from the open pit is legally "for the benefit of the general public". The Rheinbraun AG buys the properties and houses of the residents to demolish them subsequently.
Tagebau Inden
Inden - North Rhine-Westphalia - Germany
The opencast mining Inden (operator: RWE Power AG) is located in the 'Rheinisches Braunkohlerevier' near Inden, between Eschweiler and Jülich. The annual subsidy is 22 million tonnes of brown coal and serves exclusively to supply the Weisweiler power plant. The coal seams are up to 45 meters thick. The excavation is carried out with the aid of bucket wheel excavators, the refilling before recultivation with spreaders. This company employs 850 people. The opencast mine is expected to deliver brown coal until 2030.
The large-scale dismantling made it necessary for some villages to be completely abandoned and the inhabitants had to be resettled. In the population there was, however, a vehement opposition, but the resettlement of the opencast mining operation is regarded as inevitable, since the coal mining from the open pit is legally "for the benefit of the general public". The Rheinbraun AG buys the properties and houses of the residents to demolish them subsequently.