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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] 10 points 1 year ago

Germany has been anti-nuclear for some time, unfortunately. That could be what the above poster was referring to?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear_movement_in_Germany