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?

  • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workEnglish
    301·
    1 year ago

    I thought renewables were cheaper than coal. How is this possible?

    The value is simply more densely packed in the coal under the wind farm than in the surface area of the wind farm.

    • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      Expanding on this: OP seems to be conflating wind power being cheaper than coal power, with… What? A wind farm being more profitable per unit area than a coal mine?