Stock Photo - 24 November 2022, Brandenburg, Cottbus: Vlatko Knezevic is the managing director of Stadtwerke Cottbus, which operates the city's combined heat and power plant. In Cottbus, the new combined heat and power plant, which has already been in regular operation since September 15, was officially and symbolically commissioned at a ceremony. The district heating supply for more than 33,000 Cottbus apartments will in future be based on gas instead of pulverized lignite and is thus geared to the lignite phase-out in Germany. The aim is also to save 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year; this corresponds to a 30 percent reduction. Stadtwerke Cottbus invested around 75 million euros in the project. Photo: Frank Hammerschmidt/dpa. - Cottbus/Brandenburg/Germany