German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm to make way for a further expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in the western region of North Rhine Westphalia.

I thought renewables were cheaper than coal. How is this possible?

  • @bouh@lemmy.world
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    61 year ago

    Shouldn’t they build a new wind farm though? Why aren’t the eco fanatics protesting against this infamy?

    They are litteraly replacing a wind farm with a coal mine!

    • @jonne@infosec.pub
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      41 year ago

      If the turbines are still good, they can just be moved, although it looks like they’re EOL anyway, so I’m guessing they’ll just be scrapped.

      Won’t make a huge difference to the general trend in the German energy mix, which is towards more renewables + importing French nuclear energy.