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Title: "A Paradoxical Situation": Germany Is Dismantling A Wind Farm To Make Way For A Coal Mine
Source:
zerohedge
URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/commoditi ... g-wind-farm-make-way-coal-mine
Published: Oct 26, 2022
Author: Michael Kern of OilPrice.com
Post Date: 2022-10-26 16:41:57 by Esso
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Views: 233
Comments: 3
A wind farm is being dismantled in western Germany to make way for an expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in a “paradoxical” situation highlighting the current prioritization of energy security over clean energy in Europe’s biggest economy. The dismantling of at least one wind turbine at the wind farm close to the German coal mine Garzweiler, operated by energy giant RWE, has already started. RWE says that lignite, or brown coal, has been mined from the Garzweiler coalfields for over 100 years. RWE also said at the end of September that three of its lignite-fired coal units that were previously on standby would return to the electricity market on schedule in October. “The three lignite units each have a capacity of 300 megawatts (MW). With their deployment, they contribute to strengthening the security of supply in Germany during the energy crisis and to saving natural gas in electricity generation,” RWE said last month. Now the company is expanding the lignite mine at Garzweiler after a court in Münster in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia ruled in favor of the energy group in a land dispute in March this year to expand the lignite mine. Commenting on the dismantling of wind turbines to make way for expanding a coal mine, Guido Steffen, a spokesperson for RWE, told the Guardian, “We realize this comes across as paradoxical.” “But that is as matters stand,” Steffen added. Earlier this week, the ministry for economic and energy affairs of the state of North-Rhine Westphalia urged RWE to abandon the plan to dismantle the wind farm. “In the current situation, all potential for the use of renewable energy should be exhausted as much as possible and existing turbines should be in operation for as long as possible,” a spokesperson for the state’s ministry told the Guardian. Poster Comment: Why the World's Largest Land Vehicle Exists for the last 44 years ? Bagger 288 & Bagger 293.
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#1. To: Esso (#0)
Thanks for the common sense great news.
“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken
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#2. To: Lod, 4um (#1)
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Thanks for the common sense great news.
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#3. To: All (#2)
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”
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