On November 10, 2024, the twin 140-meter chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant in Hamburg, Germany, were demolished with 160 kilograms of explosives, marking the symbolic end of a facility once heralded as one of Europe’s most advanced hard coal power stations. Commissioned in 2015 after a contentious 11-year planning and construction process, the … Leggi tutto Germany’s Moorburg Demolition: Economic Costs, Hydrogen Ambitions and the Global Implications of Rapid Coal Phase-Out in the Energiewende