Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal
Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal
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.
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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That's an old wind farm that would be due being taken down. Wind turbines have a finite life span, they oscillate slightly and this loosens the ground around the base, so after around 30 years they're taken down. Typically they end up being sold to poorer countries where they're installed on a new base.
So why isn't the space re-used for new turbines? Permits and space is hard to get for those, and elsewhere that's exactly what happens.
Not even going into RWE destroying villages, brutalizing protestors and the government of the state/Bundesland claiming this wouldn't happen.