Caption

Construction site for the expansion of the wind farm east of Jackerath, in the Rhenish lignite mining district, in the background, the Neurath lignite power plant, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Feb 03, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26B03_371

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

165,8Mb (8,0Mb) / 31,1in x 20,7in / 9322 x 6215 (300dpi)

Keywords

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