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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] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your first graph shows data up to 2022. The second one is regarding Europe.

Meanwhile:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/energy-crisis-fuels-coal-comeback-germany-2022-12-16/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-22/germany-returns-to-coal-as-energy-security-trumps-climate-goals#xj4y7vzkg

https://www.wsj.com/articles/germany-coal-energy-electricity-renewables-4700b442

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Your first graph shows data up to 2022.

A does every single link you posted as a reply...

But sure... How about one from June 2023?

Or Germany's coal use of the last 8 years until mid-July 2023?