Légende

Backdrop of the UNIPER Scholven power plant, in the north of Gelsenkirchen, the former coal-fired power plant was once the most powerful in Germany, the coal blocks were shut down, 2 are still considered systemically relevant and will remain as a reserve for peak load periods until 2031, a new gas power plant has been built there and is to be converted to hydrogen in the future, produces not only electricity but also district heating, the former Steinkohlenzeche Hugo Schacht 2, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

25 mars 2026

Crédit

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Notre référence

BRK26H53_403

Model release

NA

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

140.0Mo (46.7Mo) / 72.5cm x 48.4cm / 8568 x 5712 (300dpi)

Mots clés

new dark darkness north evening building chimney winding tower tower unhealthy power generation power supply hoist frame mine coal coal power station power plant emission factory mining industrial plant industry pollutant two air pollution environmental pollution ecocide global warming environment Gelsenkirchen Ruhr district North Rhine-Westphalia German construction Europe mood produce factory site black coal climate change Illumination illuminated industrial commercial area disused cooling tower atmospheric electricity Dusk evening light energy twilight night shot energy source european carbon dioxide industrial area power industry evening sky fossil energy source former Germany change of structure evening atmosphere hydrogen block industrial building district heating environmental damage generation of current environmental issue Scholven polluting gas-fired power plant atmospheric light blue hour dim particulate matter Central Europe climate crisis Uniper remain Industrial backdrop Coal mine Energy production Coal-fired power Uniper power plant Colliery tower coal block newly structure smokestack shaft tower energy production electricity supply shafthead frame colliery coal-fired power plant power station exhaust gas plant industrial facilities contaminant 2 pollution environmental destruction Ruhr area NRW atmosphere manufacture bituminous coal lighting spotlighted industrial estate closed at night CO2 ecological damage industrial zone energy industry fossil fuel German Federal Republic evening mood H2 teleheating generation of electricity harmful to the environment gas power plant light atmosphere fine dust Middle Europe shafthead tower energy supply pit head frame waste gas Factory plant pollution of the environment Ruhr Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia make lit out-of-service night CO 2 Industrial district Republic of Germany evening hour Power generation Environmentally harmful Light mood pit head tower Headframe flue gas environmental contamination Ruhr region North-Rhine Westphalia luminous out of service FRG evening shot electricity generation light scene dusky Pithead Ruhrgebiet abandoned shut down decommissionin evenings buildings chimneys winding towers towers power generations power supplies hoist frames mines coals coal power stations power plants emissions factories industrial plants industries pollutants ecocides constructions producing factory sites black coals illuminations illuminating commercial areas cooling towers energies nightshot energy sources carbon dioxides environmental pollutions industrial areas power industries evening skies fossil energy sources formerly evening atmospheres blocks industrial buildings environmental damages environmental issues gas-fired power plants remaining smokestacks power stations exhaust gases plants manufacturing night view night-time industrial zones fossil fuels waste gases making nighttime BRD Europe's produces illuminates moody in the evening light light of the evening sun night photograph industrial park industrial parks remainx manufactures night picture night photo makes decommissioned