By Paul Homewood
h/t Ben Vorlich
You can’t create it!
A wind farm in Germany is being dismantled to expand the Garzweiler lignite mine. One of the eight turbines installed at the site in 2001 was dismantled. However, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has said it will phase out coal by 2030, as has RWE, which owns the mine.
Wind turbines near the Garzweiler open-pit mine in North Rhine-Westphalia, run by German energy giant RWE, are being demolished to make way for lignite mining.
The turbines have been running since 2001 and government subsidies have expired. Energiekontor and wpd, also active in the Balkans, wind farm operation.
On a more serious note, however, the story reports that the development of lignite reserves has led to the forced relocation of many villages:
Am I the only one who has been offended by the BBC, the Climate Change Commission, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard and the rest of the green mafia who keep telling us that Britain is lagging behind its share. the rest of the world in fighting climate change?
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