) on coal. After World War II, the reconstruction of both German states, too, was largely organized around the coal and …-out of coal in only about two decades. This chapter focusses on the past transformation of the coal sector in Germany. It … that the coal industry was reduced gradually in all large industrial basins, both in East and West Germany, in a rather …

ambitious CO2 reduction targets - others do not, such as the potential role of coal and nuclear energy in the longer-term energy … decisions to establish the European Community for Steel and Coal (ECSC) and subsequently Euratom in 1957. Section 10.2 covers … pillars of European transformation towards a low-carbon energy system: coal with CO2 sequestration, nuclear power, and …