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.

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?

    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
      75·
      1 year ago

      What’s misleading? There’s coal under these turbines, they’re being dismantled to expand the coal mine, ergo they’re being torn down for coal

      • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        32·
        1 year ago

        That is not the obvious interpretation, and the headline (and description added by OP) are deliberately written to imply something that’s not true.