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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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[โ€“] suction@lemmy.world 138 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Delete this InfoWars-level bs misinformation meant to smear clean energy.

One small privately owned wind farm is being disassembled, this is not a general new policy or anything signalling a shift away from clean energy.

[โ€“] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago

Oh gosh, thank you.