E.ON to Build UK Biomass Power Station
Date: 13-Oct-05
Country: GERMANY
E.ON said it would start building the 44 megawatt station, which could provide 70,000 homes with power, in late 2005. It is expected to come on stream at the end of 2007.
"Renewable energies make an important contribution to secure and sustained energy supplies," Chief Executive Wulf Bernotat said, adding that they were becoming increasingly important in the firm's power station mix.
E.ON already operates hydro, wind and biomass power stations in Europe with a total output of some 6 gigawatts, about 10 percent of its total power production capacity.
E.ON has built a significant market position in Britain after its 15-billion-euro acquisition of Powergen in 2002 and the purchase of Midlands Electricity for 1.6 billion euros in 2003.
E.ON also said last month it was considering a cash offer for Scottish Power, Britain's fifth-biggest energy supplier -- a move that could make it Britain's biggest in power generation and second-biggest in terms of energy customers.
