▲ 612 ▼ Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal (euobserver.com) submitted 2 years ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 284 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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?
[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Coal is more profitable. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago The bombing of the Nordstream pipeline upended 's energy plan and necessitated a quick replacement because Europe doesn't have much other sources of fuel in itself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] notceps@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago It really isn't Germany is subsidizing coal by 1.7bn € every year. Like all currently coal producing countries give huge subsidies to their coal industry because they'd just immediately shut down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago The bombing of the Nordstream pipeline upended 's energy plan and necessitated a quick replacement because Europe doesn't have much other sources of fuel in itself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] notceps@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago It really isn't Germany is subsidizing coal by 1.7bn € every year. Like all currently coal producing countries give huge subsidies to their coal industry because they'd just immediately shut down. permalink fedilink source parent