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?

  • bouh@lemmy.world
    53·
    1 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
      1·
      1 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.