E.On closes Ironbridge
E.On finally closed its Ironbridge power station on 20 November, after 46 years in service.
E.On finally closed its Ironbridge power station on 20 November, after 46 years in service.
E.On has been forced to withdraw its nuclear portfolio from its new conventional power and trading business, Uniper, being split off from the parent company.
E.On remains on track to split into two companies in early 2016, one (E.On) focused on renewables, energy networks and customers solutions, and one (Uniper) on global commodity trading, the company said in a trading update on the six months to 30
E.On has paid £7.7 million in redress to Citizens Advice's Energy Best Deal service, after Ofgem confirmed failings in how it dealt with customers after price rises in 2013 and 2014.
E.On has placed an order for 116 3.25MW turbines from Vestas – claimed as the UK’s largest single turbine order – for the energy company’s Rampion wind farm, to be built 12km off the south coast of England.
The company that will be formed to take on E.On’s conventional power generation and upstream activities, will be known as Uniper, the company has announced.
Two major generating stations without Capacity Market contracts could be set to close in 2016. Both counted on winning contracts for grid support services to maintain their economic viability.
E.On is to split its activities to create two companies, one in commodities and conventional power generation, which it will dispose of, and a second in regulated or quasi-regulated industries (including renewables) and energy retail.
Compared to the previous year, electricity consumption by E.On customers in England, Scotland and Wales fell by 6%, from 226TWh to 213 TWh, while gas consumption (excluding power stations) fell by 18%, from 420TWh to 346TWh, the company reported i