Llewellyn King has been a player in the energy space since 1970. Lignite, also known as brown coal, tops the list of undesirable fossil fuels. It is full of impurities and partially decayed plant ...

The dismantling of at least one wind turbine at the wind farm close to the German coal mine Garzweiler, operated by energy giant RWE, has already started. RWE says that lignite, or brown coal ...

Lignite (otherwise known as brown coal) fell by 8.8 per cent last year to constitute 16.4 per cent of the energy mix, while hard coal plummeted by 31.2 per cent to hit 6.3 per cent of the mix.

Among the fossil fuels, lignite, or brown coal, accounted for 16.4%, with natural gas at 13.2% and hard coal at 6.3%. Last year also marked Germany's first full year without nuclear power ...