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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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[–] mineapple@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hard not to believe in a conspiracy there

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What conspiracy? Sounds like just savage profit maximization.