Germany dismantles wind farm for coal mine expansion and will restart three standby coal fired power plants each producing 300MW

You got to love those news coming out of the banana republic of Germany!

"... German energy giant RWE is tearing down wind turbines to expand a neighboring coal mine in an effort to deal with the country's energy crisis. The area of the wind farm near the small town of Lützerath will be used to expand the Garzweiler open pit mine in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The wind farm features eight wind turbines. One wind turbine was dismantled last week, two more are scheduled to be deconstructed some time next year, and the final five will be taken down by the end of 2023. ...
In addition, RWE will reactivate three lignite-fired coal units that were previously on standby. In addition, RWE will reactivate three lignite-fired coal units that were previously on standby. "The three lignite units each have a capacity of 300 megawatts (MW). ..."

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