Employees (end of year) 1) 10 FACTS ON LIGNITE Mining area 1989 2) 2016 2019 2020 1. Lignite is the only fossil fuel in Germany which does not have to be Rhineland 15,565 9,716 9,785 9,418 imported. It is abundantly available, and it does not require any subsidies. Lusatia 79,016 8,765 8,116 7,822 2. With a total output of about 107 mt (2020), lignite contributes a major Central Germany 59,815 2,414 2,334 2,190 proportion to a safe and secure energy and power supply. With an electric power production of about 92 TWh from fl exible generation Helmstedt 1,693 199 101 53 capacities that are constantly available, lignite-fi red power plants are Small fi rms 642 - - - indispensable in supplying energy to industry, commerce, and private households, and they will continue to do so for many years to come. Germany 156,731 21,094 20,336 19,483 3. The close technical and local combination of open-pit mines and 1) including employees in own public power stations power plants provides maximum security, economic effi ciency, and 2) Annual average – without employees in own public power stations value creation. 4. Lignite reserves in bn t Modern lignite-fi red power plants are as fl exible as combined cycle power plants (CCPP); they provide system services to compensate for Economically Approved and Geological the fl uctuating grid feed-in and network supply of wind turbines Mining area minable developed reserves and PV plants. reserves opencast mines 5. The recultivation efforts following lignite mining are considered Rhineland 50.8 30.8 0.9 1) to be exemplary around the entire globe. The requisite measures Lusatia 11.4 2.9 0.6 2) compensate for mining-related, limited land utilization and create new cultural, economic, and natural environments. Central Germany 10.0 2.0 0.3 6. The DEBRIV member companies make a vital contribution towards Germany 72.2 35.7 1.8 climate protection and stand for an economically effi cient transfor- 1) According to RWE‘s adjusted planning of 02/26/2020 as a result of KWSB, mation of the energy sector in Germany which takes the concerns of the stockpile was reduced from 2.1 to 0.9 billion t. its members and the interests of the coal regions into account. DEBRIV 2) Other reserves by lignite plans of Tagebau Nochten, Teilfeld Mühlrose = 0.15 Mrd. t. and the lignite industry are committed towards meeting the objectives Source: information provided by the company / Status: December 31, 2020 listed in the international Paris Agreement on climate change. 7. German lignite accounts for less than 0.5 percent of the global Production of lignite products (in mt) CO2 emissions. A national abandonment of the energy carrier will Changes ultimately have no sustainable impact on the anthropogenically infl u- Products 1989 2019 2020 2020/2019 enced climate change. in % 8. According to the recommendations of the Structural Commission Briquettes 49.39 1.47 1.29 -12.6 and based on the decommissioning list by the Coal Phase-Out Act, Dry and pulver- the extraction of lignite and its conversion into electricity will come ized/Fluidized-bed 4.41 4.32 3.77 -12.7 to an end by no later than 2038. Given that there is assured and ©ARPictures/stock.adobe.com coal guaranteed planning and investment security, lignite will continue to be important for the energy supply and development in the Coke 5.09 0.16 0.14 -7.9 individual mining districts until this target date. 9. The end of lignite utilization, which will be earlier than had previously Selected coal qualities been anticipated and planned by the companies, requires compen- operational and planned mining areas sation payments as well as fi nancial aid in order to implement the LIGNITE structural change in the mining districts. The lignite industry, thus, Ash Water Sulphur Calorifi c value makes a vital contribution towards reaching the national climate goals. Mining area content content content kJ/kg in % in % in % 10. Lignite safeguards and assures nearly 70,000 jobs in Germany. The Coal IN GERMANY Phase-Out Act will lead to in mines and power Rhineland 7,800 - 10,500 2.5 - 8.0 50 - 60 0.15 - 0.5 massive job reductions plants as well as among suppliers and service providers. In addition, Lusatia 7,900 - 10,000 2.5 - 14.0 49 - 58 0.2 - 1.5 increasingly higher prices for electricity will threaten jobs in energy-in- tensive industries. Central Germany 9,000 - 11,300 6.5 - 12.0 48 - 54 1.3 - 2.1 Facts and Figures 2020 Source: information provided by the company / Status: 12/2020 Bundesverband Braunkohle Am Schillertheater 4 10625 Berlin Deadline: March 2021 (Data preliminary for 2020) phone +49 30 315182-22 Source, if not specifi ed: Statistik der Kohlenwirtschaft Summed deviations due to roundings [email protected] www.braunkohle.de Lignite production according to mining areas Participation ratios of the lignite companies Primary energy consumption

11.9 % Mining areas Memberships Shareholdings 2010 2015 2020 1)

RWE 100 % 47.8 % RHEINLAND RWE AG Power AG 6.4 2.0 48.2 100 % Rhineland: 51.4 mt Lausitz Energie LEAG Holding 56.1 5.1 Lausitz Energie 80 % total Verwaltungs GmbH a.s. Bergbau AG Lusatia: 43.2 mt (Mehrheitsgesellschafter) 108.2 107.4 mt Energetický 66.9 LAUSITZ a 2) je 50 % *) průmyslový 94.5 Others Central Germany 12.8 mt holding, a.s. (EPH) 52.3 Renewables PPF Investments 34.2 107.0 Ltd. 40.3 % Natural gas 24.0 Nuclear energy 100 % Bundesministerium 159.8 LMBV mbH 153.3 der Finanzen Oil Utilisation of lignite 2020 135.6 Hard Coal Use 1) MITTEL- Energetický 100 % JTSD Braunkohle- 100 % a 59.0 DEUTSCH- MIBRAG mbH průmyslový 58.5 Lignite Generation bergbau GmbH holding, a.s. Mining areas LAND (EPH) 30.8 of electricity Refining Others 51.6 53.4 and heat 32.6 ROMONTA 94,9 % 48 % in million tons ROMONTA GETEC Energie 485.1 452.5 402.1 total in mt ce GmbH Holding GmbH Holding GmbH Rhineland 43.1 8.1 0.2 1) provisional 2) including power exchange balance 26 % Opus Lusatia 40.3 2.9 0.0 Beteiligungs Source: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen / Status: 03/2021 Helmstedter 100 % GmbH HELMSTEDT MIBRAG mbH 26 % Central Germany 11.7 0.5 0.5 Revier GmbH LaBelle GmbH Germany 95.2 11.5 0.7 Total gross electricity generation 1) Deviations between production and utilisation caused by change in stocking and *) indirect holdings deliveries between the mining areas in Germany Source: DEBRIV / Status: 12/2020

2010 2015 2020 1)

Share of domestic output in primary consumption in Capacity and generation of lignite powerstations *) 33.4 Germany between 2000 and 2020 (Power plants for general supply, industrial and thermal power plants) 35.0 Gross electricity 187.6 total in mt ce Gross installed power 29.8 Federal State generation 105.2 Jan. 1, 2021 188.8 98 % 2020 1) total imports 71 % 88.8 total domestic output 29 % MW TWh 135.6 251.0 61.5 98 % North Rhine-Westphalia 11,170 41 Others 117.0 101.9 107.0 Brandenburg 4,722 23 Renewables 94 % 117.7 79 % Saxony 4,563 24 Natural gas 69.0 66.9 91.9 Saxony-Anhalt 1,220 3.9 140.6 Hard Coal 50 % 52.9 91.8 Lower Saxony 17 43.2 Nuclear energy 30.8 2 % 32.6 Hesse 42 64.4 100 % 14.2 0 Lignite 6 % 154.5 2 % 2 % 21 % 50 % 98 % 100 % 100 % 100 % Bavaria 2 145.9 91.9 2000 2020 2000 2020 2000 2020 2000 2020 2000 2020 Baden-Wuerttemberg 2 Oil Natural gas Hard coal Lignite Renewables Total 21,738 2) 91.9 632.4 647.6 572.2 total in TWh

*) provisional / Status: 03/2021 1) estimate 1) provisional Source: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen 2) 2,612 MW security standby reserve Source: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen / Status: 03/2021