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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Lignite is the worst coal, most polluting and least energy dense afaik, why would you bother mining it
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Because it’s there and you want a steady supply of cheap electricity, that’s why.
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