The new coal-fired power plant Datteln 4 occupied 11 Activists cranes and conveyor belts. So you want to protest against the start-up.

Reject the commissioning dates 4: Activists on a conveyor belt in power plant, photo: private/dates from the network

BERLIN taz | New protests in the coal-fired power plant Datteln 4: early in The Tuesday morning 11 climate are invaded Activists on the site of the power plant and blocked according to its own information, all the three cranes in the coal bunker. You have chained themselves to conveyor belts and crane structures abseil, which can be seen on Videos and photos that have made the activists available. In this way, you want to ensure that the power plant must be shut down.

In a communication to the Parties justified the action of climate protection. To bring "In a time of climate crisis, a new coal-fired power plant to the grid, is not so useful like to put out a forest fire with gasoline," it said. "It takes an instant Coal phase-out." In addition, they criticised that in dates, especially coal from Colombia and Russia burned to be. Their removal will be underway in the affected regions for years, because it goes hand in hand with human rights violations.

The police has confirmed the line-up. Around a dozen people had entered at 6.30 am on the power plant site, a spokesman said. Probably you would have to climb over the fence; damage had not been determined. The police secure the situation and prepare a recovery. The Parties would have to reckon with a display for trespassing. In the late morning, the Polize took two people who were at the power plant site, but were not chained in custody.

Datteln 4 belongs to the energy group Uniper. The largely-completed coal-fired power plant was not allowed to go due to legal and technical problems for many years connected to the grid. In January of this year, finally, the Federal government agreed that the power plant is allowed to go contrary to the recommendation of the coal Commission, but still in operation. Currently it is in test mode. Of this, over said, in spite of the action currently fully more, company spokesman Leif the taz Erichsen. For an assessment of the possible economic damage it is still too early, he said. "We will give us an Overview and ensure safety on site."

The planned commissioning of the new power plant, despite the dam lossenem coal-exit associations, and climate activists encountered in the environment of the interior on sharp Protest. You have announced with dates in this year, a focus of their protests. Back in early February, about 150 people, the Initiative "terrain advanced" on the power plant site. Also, the students movement "Fridays for our Future," has protested against the dates.

The government holds the commissioning of the Datteln 4 is acceptable, because, in turn, more and more old coal-fired power plants to be decommissioned as planned in the first place. According to information from the Federal Ministry of the environment is achieved by the fact that by Datteln 4, no additional CO2 emissions. Environmental groups doubt the. Also, the German Institute for economic research (DIW), came in a calculation on behalf of the FEDERAL government (here as pdf) to the result that the start-up of dates will lead, despite the planned additional closures to more emissions of 40 million tonnes of CO2.