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I think this headline is misleading.
A better headline might read: “Coal found beneath wind farm. Turbines dismantled to make room for mining operation.”
Still, its lignite, they should cease all mining operations.
Lignite is the worst coal, most polluting and least energy dense afaik, why would you bother mining it
Because they get subsidies from the govt bc they employ a whole region and are a super big energy company. They need to be dismantled.
Because it's there and you want a steady supply of cheap electricity, that's why.
And thus, climate change.
Shouldn't they build a new wind farm though? Why aren't the eco fanatics protesting against this infamy?
They are litteraly replacing a wind farm with a coal mine!
If the turbines are still good, they can just be moved, although it looks like they're EOL anyway, so I'm guessing they'll just be scrapped.
Won't make a huge difference to the general trend in the German energy mix, which is towards more renewables + importing French nuclear energy.
I.. I dont think that really helped make the title misleading