Eastern Germany Pursues Transition From Coal To Renewable Energies

PEITZ, GERMANY - APRIL 30: In this aerial view water vapour rises from cooling towers of the Jaenschwalde coal-fired power station, which is among Europe's biggest coal-fired plants, on April 30, 2024 near Peitz, Germany. LEAG, the energy company that owns Jaenschwalde, is building what it claims will be Germany's biggest concentration of green energy production, with solar energy parks and wind farms that will have a capacity of seven gigawatts by 2030 under the so-called GigawattFactory project. The region of southern Brandenburg and northern Saxony has long been heavily dependent on coal. Germany is seeking to shutter its coal-fired energy production by 2038. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)