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Due to low water levels in rivers, nuclear and hydroelectric power plants in some countries have had to reduce their output. Saxony’s coal-fired power plants also require large amounts of cooling water. Are similar measures likely here?

Break-the-Rules Festival at Lake Bärwalder

Several thousand visitors are expected this weekend at the Break-the-Rules Festival in the Görlitz district. One of the headliners is still a closely guarded secret. | more

Light art and blossoms in the Lusatian erratic boulder park

The magic of flowers during the day and light art at night: the season starts at the Nochten boulder park. | more

Interaktive Ausstellung: "Medizin der Zukunft" im TGZ Bautzen

Medizin, die man anfassen kann – die interaktive Ausstellung „Medizin der Zukunft“ macht im TGZ Bautzen Station und lädt alle Neugierigen ein. Von Organzüchtung bis zur Blicksteuerung: Hier wird Zukunft nicht nur erklärt, sondern hautnah erlebbar. | more

Bundeswehr practises dropping leaflets

The Bundeswehr is testing the dropping of flyers with helium balloons in Upper Lusatia. What the training is for and why Poland and the Czech Republic have also been informed. | more

Leag builds huge battery storage facility at Boxberg site

Leag is building a huge electricity storage facility in Boxberg, Saxony, together with a Chinese energy storage provider and Siemens Energy. The facility is intended to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energies. | more

Start of the season at Nochten boulder park

During the Ice Age, huge masses of rock were pushed from Scandinavia into Lusatia. Today, geological heavyweights form a special park there. It is considered the largest rock garden in Europe. | more

Wenn's teuer wird: Radio PSR zahlt.

Manchmal kommt einfach alles auf einmal. Das Auto muss plötzlich in die Werkstatt. Die Stromrechnung fällt höher aus als gedacht. Einschulung und Klassenfahrt stehen gleichzeitig an. Der Familienurlaub war wunderschön – aber auf dem Konto sieht es danach eher weniger schön aus. | more

160 instead of 70 km/h - police speed cameras

The police have checked the speed of cars in Upper Lusatia. One speeding driver will have to surrender his license for a longer period of time. | more

Cooling towers in Boxberg blown up - clearing the way for green energy

The coal era is also coming to an end in Lusatia. The demolition of the Boxberg cooling towers marks the start of Lusatia's transformation into an energy region. | more

Warum zu viel Selbstkritik uns nicht weiterbringt

Schon wieder zu viel gegessen oder eine wichtige Aufgabe aufgeschoben? Oft reagieren wir auf solche Verhaltensweisen mit Selbstkritik. Doch damit bekämpfen wir meist nur das sichtbare Symptom – und übersehen, was wir in diesem Moment wirklich brauchen. | more

Criticism of G7 decision to phase out coal: Minister Presidents of Saxony and Brandenburg express outrage

The Minister Presidents of Saxony and Brandenburg, Michael Kretschmer and Dietmar Woitke, sharply criticize the G7's decision to phase out coal and emphasize the importance of the regions. | more

Solar park in Upper Lusatia put into operation

The energy company Leag commissioned a photovoltaic park in Boxberg (district of Görlitz) on Tuesday. The 23-hectare solar park is expected to generate up to 26,000 megawatt hou... | more

„Nicht im Labor, sondern in der Umsetzung“: Philipp Klöckner und Silicon Saxony setzen bei der Brains on Silicon in Dresden auf KI-Praxiserfahrung

Dresden erwartet 1.500 KI-Fachleute: Bei der Brains on Silicon geht es um Umsetzung statt Theorie. Zwei-Tages-Tickets gibt es mit 60 Euro Rabatt nur noch heute. | more

Kretschmer criticizes G7 agreement to phase out coal by 2035

Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer criticizes the G7's agreement to phase out coal by 2035 and warns of the costs and impact on Germany's competitiveness. | more

Leag plans hydrogen and electricity storage center in Boxberg

Leag is planning a hydrogen and electricity storage center with the largest battery storage facility in Germany at the site of the former Boxberg I and II lignite-fired power plants. | more

DIE SACHSEN NEWSletter abonnieren

Gute Nachrichten tun gut. In unserem freitäglichen Good Newsletter bündeln wir die Geschichten, die Mut machen, inspirieren und zeigen, was in Sachsen vorangeht. Jetzt abonnieren und positive Nachrichten direkt ins Postfach bekommen. | more

Michael Kretschmer: Reliability in the phase-out of lignite

The Prime Minister of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer (CDU), has called on the federal government to be reliable when it comes to phasing out coal. The original exit date of 2038 mus... | more

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