Industrial Pollution and Power Plants

Images capture industrial sites with smokestacks and cooling towers releasing steam and smoke into the atmosphere, highlighting the scale of energy production.

Heavy Oil Upgrader in Lloydminster Saskatchewan

Michigan, Detroit River, Industry along the Detroit River. All types of energy, barge with wind turbine blade, fuel truck and coal in the distance.

industrial smoke from chimney

The Moorburg coal-fired power station, also known as KKW Moorburg, or KW Moorburg. Moorburg, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Coal Fired Power Plant in Ohio

Oil refineries in Carson, Los Angeles County, USA

Smokestacks at sunrise in Queens, New York.

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duisburg, view to cokery Schwelgern

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the times 80-90s events and people from politics, culture, working life, medicine etc. Duisburg.Werk Thyssen-Krupp 80s

View of EnBW power plant and waste incineration plant Stuttgart-Muenster, viaduct, smoke from chimney, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Petrochemcials Plant, Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Smoking chimney at sunset on industrial buildings complex.

Cement factory view blue sunny day

Tar sands deposits being mined at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

Aerial view of industrial chimneys piercing the skyline, contrasting with the muted tones of the refinery complex below, Matosinhos, Porto District, Portugal.

USA, Washington, Anacortes. Oil refinery.

Chemical Factory plant with gas storage and structure of pipeline with smoke from smokestack in Kawasaki City near Tokyo Japan

Industrial chimney smoke and smoke from scrap yard tyre fire, River Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

Aerial view of the dark, industrial landscape of Scunthorpe Steel Works rises against the pale sky, a stark contrast of metal and sky, Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe, United Kingdom.

Aerial photograph, Kraftwerk Scholven, power plant with five cooling towers only, EON VEBA Kraftwerke Ruhr AG, air pollution, emission, Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

River Traun, Paper Mill Upm Steyrermühl, Heinzel Group Laakirchen Central Area Upper Austria, Upper Austria Austria

Smoke emitting from smoke stacks at a power station, Navajo Generating Station, Page, Arizona, USA

Thyssen-Krupp steelworks, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Abandoned industrial site

Suncor Upgrader Facility and Coker, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

Victoria Sugar Mill, the largest mill in the southern hemisphere, near Ingham in the northeast of the state, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Oil and gas refinery plant Oil and gas refinery plant with chimney smoke, Business petrochemical industrial, power and fuel energy, Ecosystem and healthy environment concepts Copyright: xZoonar.com/MikhailxKokhanchikovx 21657522

View from the Alsumer Berg South-East, Duisburg-Hamborn, Ruhrgebiet, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A fertilizer production plant outside the city

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Dry casks used to store nuclear material, Minnesota, USA.

Borealis AG, plants for the production of polypropylene PP and polyethylene PE as raw materials for the plastics processing industry, steam, sunset, night, chemical factory Schwechat Donau Niederösterreich, Lower Austria Austria

Kanawha River Plant, coal-fired, Cedar Grover, West Virginia.

Aggregates and gravel stones construction factory

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Manufacturing plant along the coast of Maine.

Aerial view of petrochemical oil refinery and sea in industrial engineering concept in Shizuoka district, urban city, Japan. Oil and gas tanks pipelines in industry. Modern metal factory.

Dead Sea Works

Aerial drone view chemical products production facility in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. Chemical cluster production facilities. Antwerp, Belgium. aerial drone view chemical products production facility in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. CHemical cluster production facilities. Copyright: xZoonar.com/HugoxKurkx 21564962

Steel Mill Hamilton ON Canada

Superstack and smelter reflected in fresh ice on Kelly Lake, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, Witten, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Industrial skyline at dusk with illuminated refinery towers against a deep blue sky, Singapore

Aerial view coal power plant station and steam in the morning mist, Mae Moh, Lampang, Thailand.. coal power plant and fog.

Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

Industry along the Detroit River.

Aerial view of coal-fired power plants In the morning there was a smoke group caused by steam above the factory.. Coal-fired power plant

closed down factory with security fence, Barcelona, Spain, Catalonia, crises,

Treatment plant of the natural gas Lacq Aquitaine France

Curacao, Willemstad, Old oil refinery at dusk

Smoke erupting from a factory, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Roofs under snow and pipe with smoke Winter city with roof under snow and pipe with smoke ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreyxGuryanovx 2361966 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Vintage Photograph. St. Regis Paper Company in Pensacola Florida.

Germany, Chemical industrial plant , Refinery at night

Coal burning powerplant

June 2, 2024, Brazil. View of the Adecoagro Vale do Ivinhema Plant, in Mato Grosso do Sul. The sugar cane, sugar and energy industry has been expanding in recent years in Brazil. June 2, 2024, Brazil. View of the Adecoagro Vale do Ivinhema Plant, in Mato Grosso do Sul. The sugar cane, sugar and energy industry has been expanding in recent years in Brazil Copyright: xZoonar.com/rafapressx 21739846

Jaenschwalde open pit, behind the Jaenschwalde lignite power plant, Jaenschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Boundary Dam coal fired power plant, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada

Jordan, Aqaba, oil refinery by the frontier with Saudi Arabia

Europe, Sweden, Pitea, powerplant

Vintage Photograph. Industrial facotry with steam chimney bellowing smoke.

Russia, Murmansk. Largest city north of the Arctic Circle. Murmansk views along the Kola Peninsula & the Tuloma River, factory smokestacks.

teesside, england, a refinery

Clouds over power plant

Smoke and steam from the boiler pipes in city. Smoke and steam from the boiler pipes in the city. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Andrewx 16736989

Riders on the banks of the Rhine opposite Krefeld-Uerdingen, in winter, the Krupp-Mannesmann metallurgical plant, HKM in Duisburg-Hüttenheim, coking plant, gas power plant, cooling towers, Rheinauen in Duisburg-Mündelheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Wisconsin Ethanol Plant

BASF plant site on the banks of the Rhine, chemical company, Canada geese, foggy mood, Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Punta Grande on Lanzarote power plant Punta Grande on Lanzarote

Ghent, Kentucky, The Ghent Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant on the Ohio River operated by Kentucky Utilities.

Aerial view of the industrial plant shrouded in the morning mist, its smokestacks rising against the soft pink and blue hues of the dawn sky, Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire, England.

aerial photo of coal fired power plant, at Lahde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Vintage Photograph. Sunset over industrial landscape with smoky factory chimneys.

EON4, EON coal power station at Dortmund-Ems Canal, sunset, backlight, Datteln, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Coal burning electricity production facility at dusk, Oklaunion, Wilbarger County, Texas, USA

Aerial view, Aurubis AG recycling copper producer and copper recycler, smoke cloud, Gahmen, Lünen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, DE, steam cloud, Europe, commercial enterprise, commercial area, commercial property, commercial site, commercial use, industrial area, industrial location, aerial photography, aerial photography, overview, birds-eyes view, overview, birds-eyes view, overview

Setting moon over Vale INCO iron ore recovery plant near Kelly Lake, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

CHARCOAL PRODUCTION, BRAZIL. Amazon, Paragominas. Commercial charcoal kiln. The town is continually enveloped in a cloud of smoke. . Children work 12 hour shifts about 2 dollars and 50 cents a week. The charcoal is used to smelt iron ore.

Smoke rising from a factory chimney

Energy. Smoke from chimney of power plant or station at the sunset. Industrial landscape.

village house in winter on the background of an industrial factory.

Vintage Photograph. Illuminated industrial refinery at night showcasing modern energy production.

Geothermal power plant in the Haukadalur. Europe, northern Europe, Scandinavia, Iceland, March (Large format sizes available)

Cincinnati, United States - 29 January 2026: Aerial view of a colossal industrial plant where a tall chimney releases a plume of white smoke against a backdrop of a cold winter sky.

Oil Industry Refinery Scene

Aerial view of industrial plant billowing smoke and steam, bathed in golden light, creating a stark contrast against the dark structures, Houston, USA.

Harmac Pulp Mill, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Oil refinery plant, Coro, Falcon State, Venezuela (Large format sizes available)

Industrial plant at night with large clouds of smoke, surrounded by illuminated buildings and trees, Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant, Neckarwestheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, former THTR-300 Nuclear Power Plant, today Westfalen coal power station under construction, safe enclosure, Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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