The second cooling tower of the nuclear power plant in Biblis, some 70 kms (43 mls) south of Frankfurt, collapses during its controlled demolition. The power plant was shut down in 2011 following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in a political decision to phase-out nuclear power in Germany.
Two technicians (and me) standing on a 120 meter high (393 ft) wind turbine in the Rhön mountain area, some 140 kms (87 mls) northeast of Frankfurt, May 15.
(Taken with an Irix 11mm f4 lens on a full frame Canon 5d IV, quite an extreme rectilinear wide-angle…)
A coal train arrives at the Westhafen power plant before daybreak in Frankfurt, Feb. 17. The combined heat and power plant (CHP) is fired with coal imported from the U.S and from Russia. Germany’s shift to renewable power sources has brought the share of green electricity up to about 25% – but the rest of the energy mix has become even more heavily concentrated on coal, which now accounts for some 45% of power generation.
Lit by the full moon, a stork stands in its nest in front of wind turbines near Schoeneck, just north of Frankfurt, shortly after midnight April 16.
Lights are still on in many offices at Frankfurt’s financial district, Jan.29. I have no idea if people are still working this late, pretend to be working or if they just forgot to switch off the lights.
The full moon over a power pole on a field at Frankfurt’s Bergen district, Dec. 15, on the eve of my birthday 🙂
The landscape northeast of Frankfurt, Sep. 29, with hills, towns and the omnipresent wind turbines.
Starlings under high-voltage power lines near Frankfurt, Aug.31.
Two storks standing in their nest, a wind turbine at left. Taken Aug. 31 near the town of Büdesheim, some 20 kms (12 mls) east of Frankfurt.
Wind turbines, on my way home yesterday evening, June 27. Exposure time 1 second.
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