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The issue of providing water to the Tesla factory being integrated in Grünheide near Berlin has the nature of a relentless daytime soap. The next session will start on February 11, when the Frankfurt (Oder) court will choose the grievance submitted 2 years earlier by environmental management companies.
The entire issue is that the location where Grünheide lies is dry. The brand-new plant of the biggest American business in the electrical power market will need 1.2 million cubic meters of water each year. It must be offered by the local business Wasserwerk Eggersdorf. The state ministry of environmental management in Brandenburg has actually licensed Wasserwerk Eggersdorf to acquire extra water. On the other hand, ecological companies think that the ministry, when releasing the license, did not pay sufficient attention to the security of water resources and the natural surroundings.
This evaluation is validated by the Water Works Association (WSE), which reports, to name a few, Wasserwerk Eggersdorf. This alliance has actually provided Wasserwerk Eggersdorf the right to utilize nearly 4 million cubic meters of water every year. This dam did not take into account the requirements of the electrical vehicle factory, which is brand-new in this location. FEZ has actually consistently specified that there is insufficient water in this location to satisfy the requirements of this plant. A possible boost in water extraction at this rate will strain the water supply, making the water not just enough for Tesla, however likewise for families throughout the area.
Another essential technological job for East Brandenburg likewise had supply of water problems. It has to do with developing an information center that was expected to be integrated in the east of Berlin and was a financial investment by the American Google. It is not just about the water essential for production and usage by workers, as when it comes to Tesla. When it comes to an information center, big quantities of water are required to cool the servers, specifically in summer season. To avoid computer systems from overheating, cool them down. This is generally made with air, cold water is utilized to cool it down. In the summertime, it is more than cooled by electrical power, which increases the need for electrical energy. Not surprising that big information centers are called “power customers.”
As reported by the radio and tv station rbb, Google took out of the financial investment in Neuenhagen at the very same time due to absence of water. In the past, there was likewise the EEZ veto discussed above, which, like Tesla, stated that there is insufficient water in the location for everybody.
German professionals think that the problems with water resources in Brandenburg are the outcome of open-pit mining in North Saxony and southern Brandenburg. This has repercussions not just for Brandenburg, however likewise for Berlin.
Open-pit mining, which has actually been occurring in Lusatia for centuries, supported and developed the area’s water supply, supporting the supply of water in the German capital of 3.7 million occupants.
As an outcome of mining operations, about 10 cubic meters of groundwater per 2nd went into the system. It was dispersed to regional rivers and streams in addition to the Spree and its tributaries, providing groundwater resources. Many of the water stopped along the method and produced wetlands linked by lots of canals, such as the Spreewald. All of it ends with the steady closure of open-pit mining in Germany. Rather of providing water to Brandenburg and Berlin, the water stays in unclean open lakes and melts.
Aleksandra Fedorska
