Caption

Construction site of the new Bedburg 3 wind farm, on recultivated open-cast mining site, 9 wind power plants with an output of 60 megawatts are newly built, installation of the wind turbine tower, in the background the Neurath lignite power plant, operated by RWE and the city of Bedburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Mar 18, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26C71_391

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NA

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No

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Rights managed

Available size

142.4Mb (5.2Mb) / 28.8in x 19.2in / 8640 x 5760 (300dpi)

Keywords

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