{"id":1714923,"date":"2022-10-28T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T10:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714923"},"modified":"2022-10-28T10:05:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T14:05:24","slug":"wind-farm-in-germany-being-taken-down-to-make-way-for-expansion-of-coal-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wind-farm-in-germany-being-taken-down-to-make-way-for-expansion-of-coal-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Farm in Germany Being Taken Down to Make Way for Expansion of Coal Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwind-farm-in-germany-being-taken-down-to-make-way-for-expansion-of-coal-mine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714923&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0255eefe-673e-4745-999d-5a9f0f735704@news.ap_.org_.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"isPasted\">In the throes of an energy crisis, a German energy company is moving forward with plans to dismantle a wind farm adjacent to its coal mine in order to expand operations.<\/p>\n<p>The removal of one of the wind farm\u2019s eight wind turbines occurred last week, with two more coming down next year and the rest getting removed by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing the \u201cparadoxical\u201d nature of the situation, Germany energy company RWE, which operates the Garzweiler coal mine, said it\u2019s necessary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We realize this comes across as paradoxical,&#8221; RWE spokesperson Guido Steffen told the Guardian. &#8220;But that is as matters stand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The expansion comes in tandem with a plan to temporarily return three of RWE\u2019s lignite-fired coal units <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the market,<\/a> a decision that was approved by Germany\u2019s cabinet. The units were previously on standby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; RWE said in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Originally, it was planned that the three reserve power plant units affected would be permanently shut down on September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2023, respectively,&#8221; RWE added.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s cabinet approved the decision to bring back the idled coal units to boost energy supplies, as energy imports remain hindered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia-Ukraine War.\u00a0<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/energy\/coal-mine-demolishes-neighboring-wind-farm-boost-countrys-energy-supply-drawing-climate-activists\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Business<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a wind park close to the German coal mine Garzweiler. It&#8217;s getting deconstructed for more coal mining! Because the german government (with Greens as part of the coalition locally and nationally) gave in to the demands of the fossil fuel industry. You cannot make this up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VwDAwgLlHs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/VwDAwgLlHs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johannes Fehr (@JohannesFehr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohannesFehr\/status\/1583122050495152128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ministry for economic and energy affairs of the state of North-Rhine Westphalia, meanwhile, is urging RWE to reconsider its plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 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,\u201d a spokesperson told the Guardian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the throes of an energy crisis, a German energy company is moving forward with plans to dismantle a wind farm adjacent to its coal mine in order to expand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1714926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}