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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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[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Well wind is abundant and you can get it most places. You can only get coal in places where there's coal.