Coal Energy in Germany

The pollution is leaving our footprint rate out of control! Knowing that they have gotten rid of all the coal generators is a big reduction of the ecological footprint. Without the generators burning off the coal, the pollution will stay at a lower rate causing the footprint to decrease. It is more sustainable now than before because our city doesn't have to worry about trying to maintain the pollution levels as much as we used to and we can focus on more of the major projects.

They are the similar because they both produce energy they both make at least 1 type of energy, wind makes electricity and coal makes electricity generation. Coal and wind energy have been around for a long time, lots of people use coal and wind energy a lot for electricity and electricity generation.

The pro of coal energy is that we have plenty of coal in the U.S. and worldwide. Also, when we have plenty of coal, it helps the U.S.A to be less dependent on foreign oil. The coal power plants are cheaper to produce and it is reliable to produce electricity.

My Aunt, Janice James, lived on the most beautiful piece of land in Knoxville, Tennessee, on the Emory River. You could see why she and her husband chose to live here for so many years, it was picturesque. It was picturesque until December of 2008 when the TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant led to the biggest coal-ash spill in history. TVA uses coal to develop ‘cleaner’ electricity for the communities surrounding. They may claim to have bettered the community, but years later, it is still devastating that Janice James lost her home and will never be able to visit the gorgeous piece of land she called home for so long. This event was one of the biggest tragedies Janice had faced, but she was able to move on and find another

CO2 is the most significant greenhouse gas, which mainly comes from the use of fossil fuels. Many people feel that content of CO2 in the atmosphere is the main reason for manmade global warming. The main sources of CO2 emissions involve electricity generation, industrial processes, fumes from transportation and commercial buildings and use. Emissions of greenhouse gases, such as CO2, to the atmosphere are expected to cause even more of a significant change in global climate (Davison, 2007). The main focus to try to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is to reduce the amount that is released from coal-fired power plants. Greenhouse gas emissions that involve the productions of electricity come from natural gas production and coal-fired power plant operations. Natural gas production accounts for twenty-four percent and coal-fired power plant operations accounts for seventy-five percent, while the other one percent is caused by other electricity generation operations. The main reason why coal-fired power plants have a higher percentage of emissions is because the sulfur content of coal is much higher than that of other fossil fuels (Jarmaillo et al., 2007). This proves that there is a great need to find an alternative fossil fuel to use instead of coal. Although coal is easy to mine, transport and process for the electricity generation process, it is also the

Nowadays, coal is still one of the greatest used energy to generate power in so many countries. Using coal in electricity generation is 93% in South African, 87% in Poland, 79% in China, 78% in Australia, 45% in USA, 41% in Germany, 58% in Israel etc. (Coal & Electricity) From the data above, even the developed countries use coal to generate power as the main source. In many developed countries, energy generation is still based on coal as a long-term source. In recent years, although there is an increasing number of equipment using gas and wind to generate the power, it is still lower than the proportion of coal-fired power generation. The reason why most countries choose coal as a main source to generate electricity, is that there are many advantages in using coal to generate electricity. First of all, coal is the

powerplants usually add chlorine or other harmful chemicals to the water they use, which means that these chemicals also get released back into the environment. Another negative impact is the amount of energy being created. Most of heat used for burning the coal and creating steam is wasted. Coal powerplants usually only use 33 – 35% of the coals heat to create electricity. The rest of the heat gets released into the atmosphere or absorbed by cooling water. This is negative as this sudden influx of heat could affect the climate in that area, if not the world. If we have millions of coal power plants (Keep in mind it produces 41% of the electricity) than whats not to say all that heat and other emission from the plants won’t cause global warming?

Coal contains a lot of energy and is abundant. Next, the technological demands are low, as well as the cost. It is easy to manage and needs little purification before

Lignite is the lowest rank of coal with the lowest energy content. Lignite coal deposits tend to be relatively young coal deposits that were not subjected to extreme heat or pressure, containing 25%-35% carbon. Lignite is crumbly and has high moisture content. There are 19 lignite mines in the United States, producing about 7% of U.S. coal.

Coal is currently one of the world’s largest sources of energy. There are different types of coal which are peat, lignite, bituminous and anthracite. Brown coal (lignite) is a combustible sedimentary rock that is found in the layers under the earth. Brown coal is the lowest grade of coal and is soft due to the water content. Since brown coal is high in moisture and is combustive, it was uneconomical to transport, but currently available drying techniques makes it easier to transport. A question that has been raised over the years is whether power stations which use brown coal should be closed.

In the matter of clean-coal technologies, Alex supported his position better. His information was all relevant to the discussion and his reasoning was sound and free of fallacies.

The next step in making clean coal more widely accepted is for people to see its effects in action. Personally, I would perform an on-site demonstration in the community of Brandywine, Maryland. If any community deserves be the first to reap the potential benefits of clean coal it’s Brandywine. Currently, there are five coal burning power plants operating in the low income area, which is predominantly populated by African-Americans. This would also coincide with the urgency of the civil rights complaint that various environmental groups have filed against the state of Maryland for permitting the construction of so many gas-fired power plants that contribute to the overall environmental pollution of the community and the deteriorating health

The idea of burning coal, is not a new one, nor is it recent that coal has been chosen as a fuel source since the 1700’s in England as it burned hotter and cleaner than anything else at the time, which caused it to find its way into steam

People use energy a lot, especially these energy's coal and wind. Do you know a lot about the 2 energies? Their used to be a Windmill that makes water but now they invented Wind Turbines for electricity. Coal is also called dirty energy and 27 states mine

Moreover, the source of 42 % of electricity generated in the country is brown and black coal (International Energy Agency 5). Thus traditional sources of energy are crucial for the normal functioning of its economic. However, the current task of the German government in the energy sector is to make Germany the first country in the world which by 2050 will fully switch to energy derived from environmentally friendly sources. From a technical and economic point of view, this plan is realizable even on the basis of already existing technologies according to experts of the Federal Agency for the Environment.