Smoke rising from the chimneys of the Frimmersdorf coal-fired power station, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Frimmersdorf is the largest lignite-fired power station in Germany. It has fourteen units with a total output capacity of 2,413 megawatts, the chimneys of the power station are 200 meters high. According to a 2005 World Wildlife Fund report, Frimmersdorf power station is the dirtiest power station in Europe and the third most polluting power station in the industrialised world (based on CO2 per megawatt hour sent out)
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Location: Frimmersdorf, Grevenbroich, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
Photo credit: © Clynt Garnham Environmental / Alamy / Afripics
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