Hundreds of environmental activists gathered to occupy a railroad line that supplies coal to the RWE Neurath power station in Grevenbroich in North Rhine-Westphalia on Friday.
Activists can be seen arriving for the action and gearing up before occupying the railway line nearby the power plant.
According to Aachen police, many protesters arrived with sleeping bags and plan to stay the night.
The rally comes as a nearly 40,000 protesters rallied in the city of Aachen to demand significant action on climate change.