E.ON UK’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station is installing a new system to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions as part of the station’s ongoing investment programme. A new Boosted Overfire Air (BOFA) plant is being retrofitted to a second unit at the coal-fired
Local people are being invited to use their creativity to produce artwork on the theme of wind power and the Ovenden Moor wind farm. Entries to this unusual community initiative will be displayed in shop windows throughout Thornton village during October.
E.ON UK’s Scroby Sands Information Centre will be opening its doors this Saturday (27th May) ready to welcome visitors and holidaymakers eager to learn more about Great Yarmouth’s green power landmark. The centre, which is located on the Esplanade, will
E.ON UK has today revealed that it is considering building a 450MW integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal-fired power station next to its existing Killingholme gas-fired station. Using cutting edge technology, the station, if built, would
Spring may have only just sprung, but British workers are already dressing like it’s the height of summer, according to a new survey by YouGov for E.ON. The poll (1) found that: • More than one in eight workers (16%) are already wearing clothes at work
E.ON UK has organised another public exhibition to keep local people fully informed of its plans to build a five turbine wind farm on land north-west of the village of Lamonby. The exhibition will display information on the wind farm application, which
An E.ON UK annual charity football match held in memory of a local man killed three years ago in a motorcycle accident has raised £1,700 for the County Air Ambulance Trust. Colleagues of Dave Betts, who worked as a jointer’s mate for electricity distribution
Over 1,200 children from 24 schools across Telford and Wrekin are learning how to keep safe and well in a 10 day crime prevention and safety event at E.ON UK’s Ironbridge power station. Organised by the Borough of Telford & Wrekin’s Safer Communities
Slips and trips among Energy Services meter readers have fallen by over 40% following the launch six months ago of a safety DVD which highlights the hazards they face daily and offers advice on how to deal with them. Energy Services, which is part of
In response to today’s comments by Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling, E.ON UK has announced it is carrying out seismic surveys in East Yorkshire to investigate the possibility of building a new salt cavern gas storage facility. The company,
E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, has announced it is carrying out a seismic survey in the East Riding of Yorkshire to assess its suitability for the possible development of a gas storage facility. The seismic survey, which will be conducted for
Electricity distribution company Central Networks is taking its electricity safety vehicle into Atherstone schools to teach children about the dangers that electricity can pose. Children from St. Benedict’s Catholic and Sheepy Magna Church of England
E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, has today submitted a planning application for its three turbine wind cluster at Tedder Hill. The application has been lodged with East Riding of Yorkshire Council and calls for three wind turbines, each no more
E.ON UK has today lodged a second application with East Riding of Yorkshire Council for permission to put up a temporary anemometry mast at the site of its proposed Aire and Calder wind farm. The 52m temporary mast would measure wind speeds at the site,
Local charity LIVES - the Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service - is £345 better off following a special donation from the team at E.ON UK’s Killingholme and Cottam Development Centre power stations. The money was presented to the charity
Powergen, part of E.ON, has won the Energy Saving Award category in the prestigious Interbuild 2006 New Products Awards scheme for its pioneering renewable technology – ‘Powergen HeatPlant’. A Powergen HeatPlant uses ground source heat pump technology
Green-fingered staff from energy company E.ON UK took a day out of the office this week to give a hand with local efforts to improve the gardens at the Oaklands community centre in Warsop. The group of 10 employees, all from E.ON’s Business Services division,
Retford’s own Julie Rogers will have the chance to push the button to demolish E.ON UK’s High Marnham Power Station following her big win in a charity raffle. The raffle, which has raised a staggering £3,781 for two local charities, including a special
Volunteers from energy company E.ON UK are spending one afternoon a week helping youngsters at St. Mary’s School in Kingswinford improve their reading skills. Five colleagues from E.ON’s Energy Services business, based at its Kingswinford office, have