Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG), a German energy company, wants to deploy 7 GW of wind and solar power in the Lusatia region by 2030 with an investment of $10 billion, with the first 1 GW solar tranche potentially being commissioned in 2026. This renewable energy complex portfolio is called GigawattFactory and will include unquantified battery energy storage, heating, and hydrogen elements. LEAG sells it as a “modular, intelligent system that makes green electricity baseload-capable” that will apparently also include thermal storage. The capacity is to be built, in partnership with developer EP New Energies GmbH (EPNE), on LEAG’s own former open-cast lignite mining areas, which are a 33,000-hectare resource. Hopefully that will spare these projects from the worst of…