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Niederaußem
Niederaußem is a section of the town of Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, located 18 km west of Cologne. It has 6000 inhabitants and is well known for its power station. History Various archaeological finds attest to the presence of humans in Niederaußem during the Neolithic (around 4000 BC). A group of tumuli were visible until the 1950s. The area was conquered by the Romans around 50 BC during Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman people, Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caes ...'s Gallic Wars. The name ''Niederaußem'' is thought to date to the subsequent establishment of farming hamlets by the Franks. In the Middle Ages the village was governed by the Archbishops of Cologne. Niederaußem later became part of County Jülich, Jülich. Burg Holtrop, the local castle, was rebuilt in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niederaussem Power Station
Niederaussem Power Station is a lignite-fired power station in the Bergheim Niederaussem/ Rhein Erft circle, owned by RWE. It consists of nine units, which were built between 1963 and 2003. It is the second-largest lignite coal power plant in operation in Germany, with total output capacity of 3,864 MW and a net capacity of 3,396 MW. The plant is estimated to have been one of the ten most carbon polluting coal-fired power plants in the world in 2018, at 27.2 million tons of carbon dioxide, and its emissions intensity (kgCO2 per MWh of power produced) is estimated to be 45.1% higher relative to the average for all fossil-fueled plants in Germany. According to the study ''Dirty Thirty'', issued in 2007 by the WWF, Niederaussem Power Station is the second worst power station in Europe in terms of mercury emissions due to the use of lignite. History Initial construction In the autumn of 1960 the construction work for the blocks A and B (150 MW) began. The location was selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
