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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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[–] ToyDork@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The wind farm (singular) they're tearing down have been abandoned for 4 years now because the company that owned them went bust; bad placement was apparently to blame for these specific windmills being useless, doesn't mean they're 100% switching back to coal.

Also, I think they'd move the windmills if it is at all possible to not scrap them.