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?

  • A2PKXG@feddit.deEnglish
    52·
    1 year ago

    I didn’t say density is the paramount parameter. Also, once you optimize one drawback, it generally gets less important.

    I just wanted to put the image into context, and show that it isn’t a big step backwards, just sideways perhaps. Or in other words, a sigle wind farm isn’t relevant, the sum is

    • PowerCrazy
      54·
      1 year ago

      Mining more coal is extremely relevant though.