E.ON UK Press Releases - November 2006

29/11/2006 00:00
Ground breaking ceremony held at E.ON UK’s Cambridgeshire wind farm

E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, has held a ground breaking ceremony at its Stag’s Holt wind farm near March. The start of work at the project, which will eventually see nine turbines built at the site, was marked by the planting on nine trees
27/11/2006 00:00
E.ON UK Chief Executive calls for long-term climate change targets in meeting with EC President

Paul Golby, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, has today (MON) called for the EU to set targets for carbon reduction that run beyond 2012. Dr Golby made the call when he met José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission,
27/11/2006 00:00
Local schoolchildren help E.ON UK’s Connah’s Quay Power Station celebrate 10 years of operation with special mural

Youngsters from a primary school in Connah’s Quay have joined the team at E.ON UK’s power station in celebrating the station’s 10th birthday by creating a unique work of art to mark the occasion. Children from Custom House Lane Primary School have just
24/11/2006 00:00
Dusty Hare receives £3,000 cheque for children’s charity from E.ON UK mountain climbers

Nottinghamshire-based E.ON colleagues Tony Jenkin Jones and Jon Devine presented a charity cheque for £3,000 to ex-England and Nottingham rugby star Dusty Hare after completing the Four Peaks Challenge. The energetic duo formed part of a four man team
23/11/2006 00:00
E.ON UK takes on new recruits, including colleagues from sister companies in Europe

To support its billion pound investment programme and provide new connections to the electricity distribution network, E.ON UK has welcomed 142 new recruits, including seven from sister companies in Germany. E.ON UK’s electricity distribution company
23/11/2006 00:00
E.ON UK applies to build Haswell Moor wind farm in County Durham

E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, has today (THURS) applied to Easington District Council for permission to build a £12.5m wind farm to the west of Haswell village. The application calls for five 2.5MW turbines to be built on farmland near the
20/11/2006 00:00
E.ON UK organises public exhibition on proposals for new cleaner coal power units on the Hoo Peninsula

Local residents are being given the chance to find out more about E.ON UK’s proposals for two new high efficiency units at the site of Kingsnorth Power Station at a public exhibition to be held later this month. E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen,
09/11/2006 00:00
E.ON UK’s Cottam Development Centre gas-fired power station reaches operational milestone

E.ON UK’s Cottam Development Centre (CDC) in North Nottinghamshire has reached an operational milestone as the team celebrates its thousandth start up in just seven years of operation. The 400MW gas-fired power station, which is capable of producing enough
09/11/2006 00:00
E.ON UK’s Power Technology scoops business excellence award, praised by judges for its low carbon energy technology research

E.ON UK’s Power Technology, the company’s energy engineering centre, is celebrating after winning a major business award. Based next to Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Nottingham, Power Technology is a world leading and fast-growing centre of engineering
06/11/2006 00:00
Scouts get back to basics at E.ON UK’s Kingsnorth Power Station

Twenty keen campers from the 31st Gravesend Scout Group went back to basics at Kingsnorth Power Station’s nature reserve last weekend, getting stuck in to work towards their Activity Badges. The Scouts were joined by Bill Jones, the station’s nature champion,