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Russia's Uranium Dominance Threatens America's Next-Gen Nuclear Plans As the United States aims... 1. Home 2. Latest Energy News Michael Kern Michael Kern Michael Kern is a newswriter and editor at Safehaven.com and Oilprice.com, More Info Share * Facebook * Twitter * Linkedin * Reddit Related News * Britain's New Prime Minister To Reinstate Fracking Ban In England * Namibia Could Join OPEC If Recent Oil Discoveries Fulfill Potential * Saudi Aramco: Oil Markets Are Adjusting To Sanctions On Russia * A Diesel Shortage Is Spreading Across The U.S. * California Governor Accuses Valero Of Ripping People Off At The Pump Germany Is Dismantling A Wind Farm To Make Way For A Coal Mine By Michael Kern - Oct 26, 2022, 9:30 AM CDT Wind farm A wind farm is being dismantled in western Germany to make way for an expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in a "paradoxical" situation highlighting the current prioritization of energy security over clean energy in Europe's biggest economy. The dismantling of at least one wind turbine at the wind farm close to the German coal mine Garzweiler, operated by energy giant RWE, has already started. RWE says that lignite, or brown coal, has been mined from the Garzweiler coalfields for over 100 years. RWE also said at the end of September that three of its lignite-fired coal units that were previously on standby would return to the electricity market on schedule in October. "The three lignite units each have a capacity of 300 megawatts (MW). With their deployment, they contribute to strengthening the security of supply in Germany during the energy crisis and to saving natural gas in electricity generation," RWE said last month. Now the company is expanding the lignite mine at Garzweiler after a court in Munster in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia ruled in favor of the energy group in a land dispute in March this year to expand the lignite mine. Commenting on the dismantling of wind turbines to make way for expanding a coal mine, Guido Steffen, a spokesperson for RWE, told the Guardian, "We realise this comes across as paradoxical." "But that is as matters stand," Steffen added. Earlier this week, the ministry for economic and energy affairs of the state of North-Rhine Westphalia urged RWE to abandon the plan to dismantle the wind farm. "In the current situation, all potential for the use of renewable energy should be exhausted as much as possible and existing turbines should be in operation for as long as possible," a spokesperson for the state's ministry told the Guardian. 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