Editing Thuringia (section)

=== Energy and water supply ===
The traditional energy supply of Thuringia is [[lignite]], mined in the bordering Leipzig region. Since 2000, the importance of environmentally unfriendly lignite combustion has declined in favour of renewable energies, which reached an amount of 40% (in 2013), and more clean gas combustion, often carried out as [[cogeneration]] in the municipal power stations. The most important forms of renewable energies are [[wind power]] and [[biomass]], followed by [[solar energy]] and [[hydroelectricity]]. Furthermore, Thuringia hosts two big [[Pumped-storage hydroelectricity|pumped storage stations]]: the [[Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station]] and the [[Hohenwarte Dam]].

The water supply is granted by the big dams, like the [[Leibis-Lichte Dam]], within the [[Thuringian Forest]] and the [[Thuringian Highland]], making a drinking water exporter of Thuringia.