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Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal (euobserver.com)

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The wind turbines are already at the end of their lifespan and they knew RWE had the license to expand the mine there when the wind turbines where build.

Of course it's economical for RWE, they are not building a new mine. Just continuing their mining operation there for another 7 years.