European Climate and Energy Experts
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Journalism for the energy transition EXPERT EUROPEAN CLIMATE AND ENERGY EXPERTS Filters: Expert Type: Any, Topic: Coal, Location: Any Protects and supports the interests of coal companies and the coal sector in Poland and abroad. Twitter: @gornicza_izba Location: Poland PRESS CONTACT Office [email protected] +48 327573252 +48 327573821 Research institute supervised by the Ministry of State Assets. Location: Poland PRESS CONTACT Dr Sylwia Jarosławska-Sobór [email protected] +48 500013994 Owned by billionaire Pavel Tykač, one of the Czech Republic's most important producers of electricity. Operates the Chvaletice and Kladno lignite power plants, the " dirtiest" plant at Počerady and the ČSA and Vršany lignite mines. Has a reputation as an enemy of green energy and a convinced coal advocate. Twitter: @Sev_EnCZ Location: Czech Republic PRESS CONTACT Gabriela Sáričková-Benešová, spokesperson [email protected] +420 725327758 Č Half state-owned, largest energy producer and supplier in the Czech Republic with over three million customers. Operates two nuclear power plants (Temelin and Dukovan), eight coal and lignite power plants and many renewable sources. Subsidiary Severočeské doly operates the Bílina lignite mine. Twitter: @cez_group Location: Czech Republic PRESS CONTACT Ladislav Kříž, head of media department [email protected] +420 211042383 The campaign supports and coordinates work with civil society groups working across 28 European nations, including the Western Balkans and Turkey. It was established in 2017, with the goal of ensuring coal is phased out throughout Europe by 2030 at the latest. Over 30 NGOs, including Greenpeace, WWF, EEB, Climate Action Network Europe and many others, take part in the European campaign. Twitter: @EurBeyondCoal Location: EU PRESS CONTACT Alistair Clewer, media officer [email protected] +49 17643307185 Biggest network of coal (lignite) power plants in Romania Twitter: @ceoltenia Email: [email protected] Location: Romania PRESS CONTACT Elena Zamfir, press officer [email protected] +40 372819711 +40 728114154 Campaigns to end use of coal power in Finland. Twitter: @HiilivapaaFI Location: Finland PRESS CONTACT Vera Kauppinen, campaign specialist [email protected] +358 445769999 Umbrella organisation of the European coal industry. Twitter: @EURACOAL Location: EU PRESS CONTACT Brian Ricketts [email protected] +32 27753171 LEAG is the joint brand of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG. Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG is responsible for lignite mining in the four Lusatian opencast mines and for refining the run-of- mine lignite in the industrial park Schwarze Pumpe in the east of Germany. Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG is responsible for the LEAG generation fleet. This includes the Lusatian lignite-fired power plants and Block R of the Lippendorf power plant near Leipzig. Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG is also responsible for the operational management of the entire Lippendorf power plant site. Both companies are each held to 50 per cent by Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) and by the PPF Investments. More on the LEAG companies' organisation here. LEAG states that it employs around 7,700 people and extracted 52 million tonnes of lignite in 2019. Website: www.leag.de Twitter: @LEAG_de Email: [email protected] Location: Germany PRESS CONTACT Thoralf Schirmer [email protected] +49 355 2887 3067 The RAG group is tasked with the so-called “eternity tasks” of securing water levels in and around former coal mines as well as cleaning up contaminated sites. It is owned by the RAG foundation. RAG owns the subsidiaries RAG Anthrazit Ibbenbüren and RAG Immobilien. Website: www.rag.de Email: [email protected] Location: Germany PRESS CONTACT Christof Beike +49 201 378 -2596 [email protected].