{"id":276662,"date":"2023-09-01T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=276662"},"modified":"2023-09-01T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T09:57:13","slug":"germany-begins-dismantling-wind-farm-for-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=276662","title":{"rendered":"Germany begins dismantling wind farm for\u00a0coal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm \u2014 to make way the expansion of its Garzweiler open-pit mine (Photo:\u00a0Alle D\u00f6rfer bleiben<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Dave Ward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One wind turbine has already been dismantled, with a further seven scheduled for removal to excavate an additional 15m to 20m tonnes of so-called \u2018brown\u2019 coal, the most polluting energy source.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demolitions are part of a deal brokered last year between Robert Habeck, the Green party\u2019s minister for economy and climate action and Mona Neubaur, who is the economy minister for North Rhine Westphalia, to allow the expansion of the mine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In return, RWE had to agree to phase out coal in 2030, eight years before the previous deadline. “It\u2019s a good day for climate protection,” Habeck said at the time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this week\u2019s move has sparked sharp criticism from activists.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The current climate emergency requires urgent and concerted efforts to accelerate the deployment of every single wind turbine, solar panel and heat pump that we can muster,” said Fabian H\u00fcbner, a senior campaigner at\u00a0<\/em>Beyond Fossil Fuels<\/em><\/a>, a German-based coalition of climate activists.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Anything that diverts from this critical endeavour, especially the dismantling of renewable energy sources to extract more fossil fuels, must be unequivocally prohibited,” he added.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But RWE and Germany\u2019s government have persistently justified the expansion of the so-called Garzweiler coal fields by pointing to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to RWE, the expansion is necessary “due to the energy crisis.” The government in Berlin follows this logic. Indeed, some of the leading advocates of RWE\u2019s coal expansion plans come from the Green Party, one of three ruling parties in Germany\u2019s current \u2018traffic light\u2019 coalition with centre-left SPD and business-friendly FPD-party.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habeck has defended the expansion as the “right decision.” Green party politician Oliver Krischer has described the expansion and earlier phase-out as “one of the greatest advances we\u2019ve made in recent years,”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But energy consultation firm Aurora has <\/em>found<\/em><\/a> that expanding the Garzweiler open-pit mine would cause the country <\/em>to overshoot<\/em><\/a> its climate pledges. Researchers also said lignite coal is likely to end in 2030 anyway because it is rapidly becoming uneconomical compared to other cheaper energy sources such as solar and wind.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/euobserver.com\/green-economy\/157364<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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