Contrasting sources of energy: a solar electric (pv) generating system on a house roof next to a coal power station, Germany


Contrasting sources of energy: a solar electric generating system (photovoltaic cells) on a house roof next to the lignite (brown coal) -fired Niederaussem power station in the village of Auenheim, near Cologne, Germany. Kraftwerk Niederaussem burns brown coal (lignite) and has a gross output of 3669 MW.


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Location: Niederaussem power station in the village of Auenheim, near Cologne, Germany.
Photo credit: © Martin Bond / Alamy / Afripics
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