E.ON UK plans £1bn coal-fired power units
Published On 11 October 2006
E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, has announced its intention to build new supercritical coal-fired power units in Kent for a cost of around £1 billion.The company plans to build the two new 800MW supercritical units at the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent.
This new initiative is part of the company's drive to reduce its carbon intensity by ten per cent by 2012.
Dr Paul Golby, E.ON UK chief executive, said: "This proposal is another example of E.ON planning for tomorrow's energy today.
"It's only by looking at building new power projects such as this, together with new renewables, our clean coal station at Killingholme and our proposed gas-fired stations at Grain and Drakelow, that we can help ensure the UK's lights stay on for decades to come while also reducing our emissions.
"Alongside that, these new, highly efficient, coal-fired units offer the UK a diversity of supply which will mean we don't become overly reliant on a single fuel source for our power."
Other recent and planned developments by E.ON UK include the UK's largest ever biomass power station - which is due to be built at Lockerbie – and 1,300MW of windfarms under development.
