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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.
I thought renewables were cheaper than coal. How is this possible?
No, they didn’t and you are still parroting lies.
The actual reality of replacing nuclear and reducing coal with renewables.
Also the historic low of fossil fuels after nuclear shutdown (those old reactors not able to react well to changes in supply/demand actually got already existing renewables shut down at times and indirectly increased fossil fuel use slightly…)
Your first graph shows data up to 2022. The second one is regarding Europe.
Meanwhile:
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/energy-crisis-fuels-coal-comeback-germany-2022-12-16/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-22/germany-returns-to-coal-as-energy-security-trumps-climate-goals#xj4y7vzkg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/germany-coal-energy-electricity-renewables-4700b442
A does every single link you posted as a reply…
But sure… How about one from June 2023?
Or Germany’s coal use of the last 8 years until mid-July 2023?