E.ON UK Receives DTI Approval to Build New CCGT

E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, has received approval from the Department of Trade and Industry to build a new CCGT at the site of its existing Grain oil-fired station in Kent.

Construction on the £350m gas-fired station could start as early as next year, with electricity generation expected in 2009. Rated at 1,200MW, the modern CCGT will see electricity produced at the highest level of efficiency seen in the UK to date, so helping to reduce emissions.

Dr Paul Golby, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, said: "This new station will help us to bridge the gap between the UK's existing capacity and the generators of the future, helping to both keep the lights on for our homes and businesses and also ensuring a reduction in emissions.

"And it is only by looking at a mix of new power projects such as this, alongside advanced supercritical coal, clean coal and renewable technologies that we can help the UK ensure diversity of fuel supply, and so security of power supply, for decades to come.

"Our aim is to change the way we generate and use electricity in the UK and, to that end, we've committed to reducing the carbon intensity of our generation by 10% by 2012. We've already reduced its carbon intensity by 20% since 1990."

Earlier this month, E.ON UK announced plans to build two new 800MW supercritical units at its Kingsnorth coal-fired power station, also in Kent, a potential £1bn investment that will see a reduction in carbon emissions of almost two million tonnes a year compared to the existing units.

The company has applied for S36 consent to build another gas-fired power station, at Drakelow in Derbyshire, and is conducting a feasibility study into building a clean coal power station at Killingholme in Lincolnshire.

As one of the UK's leading green generators, E.ON has started construction of the UK's largest dedicated biomass power station at Lockerbie.

The company also has around 1,300MW of renewable projects in various states of development, including being part of the London Array consortium which has applied to build the world's largest offshore wind farm. It has also recently created a marine arm to investigate the possibility of tidal and wave power.

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Posted 03/11/06

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