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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
GALWAY, IRELAND (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- A new player in the British nuclear market has been formally launched by the United Kingdom subsidiaries of German energy giants RWE AG (OTC: RWEOY) (Essen, Germany) and E.ON AG (OTC: EONGY) (Dusseldorf, Germany). Horizon Nuclear Power (Gloucester, England), created by RWE npower and E.ON UK, is a 50:50 joint...
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World Nuclear News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The UK joint venture between European utilities EOn and RWE will begin operating later this month under the name Horizon Nuclear Power. It aims to develop around 6000 MWe of new nuclear capacity in the UK by 2025.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... plans to announce the winner some point next year with three proposals in the running: Longannet, RWE npower's station at Tilbury in Essex, and E.ON's plans for a new coal plant at Kingsnorth in Kent. "RWE npower are showing a manifest lack of movement on their CCS offerings and E.ON have delayed Kingsnorth plans ," said Hazeldine. "That leaves one obvious winner." He added...
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Chris Whiteside's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the site do appear stronger than either of the other sites. My colleague David Moore has called on RWE to drop its plans for Kirksanton and Braystones. “For most people, Sellafield is the preferred site, it makes sense having everything in the same place and I think all our weight should go behind the plans for Sellafield." he said. "This would remove all the anxiety and worry surrounding...
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Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... May 2007 ) In other U.K. nuclear reactor investment news, a new joint venture composed of E.ON and RWE announced it plans to build 6 GWe of nuclear energy generating capacity by 2025. Earlier this year it secured sites at Wylfa, north Wales, and Oldbury. CEO Alan Raymant , of the new company, called Horizon Nuclear Power, said the new nuclear build could involve an estimated $25 billion in reactors...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Government is to fund up to four commercial-scale CCS demonstrations. But only two competitors remained in the race yesterday after a consortium led by RWE npower dropped out, blaming incompatibility in the companies' plans. E.ON and Scottish Power both submitted formal entries for the competition this week, for the Kingsnorth and Longannet sites respectively. RWE npower separately announced that...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... to moving to a low-carbon economy. "You will have seen [from] the recent announcement from RWE and E.ON about spending £15bn and creating thousands of jobs here in new nuclear plants that investment does seem to be coming," said a DECC spokesman. But Deutsche Bank says Japan and Australia are among the countries that represent lower risk profiles than the UK because they have more...
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icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday
ABERTHAW Power Station could host the UK’s biggest carbon dioxide capture pilot project connected to a working power station.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
However, a consortium of RWE npower, Peel Energy and Dong Energy undermined his optimism saying they no longer wanted the funding, just weeks after E.ON froze its plans until 2016 – missing the Government’s deadline. This makes the consortium of Scottish Power, Shell and National Grid as the only remaining candidate likely to deliver its project on time, raising concerns that utilities find it hard...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
... vehicle fuels which additionally helps move towards a "Greener" environment, and both BioCentric & RWE have always had that mission. The companies have intent of producing large amounts of Algae for Bio-Alternative fuel products. The company's primary business model is to deliver a closed loop Photobioreactor system which provides an environment to accelerate the growth of ALGAE under optimum conditions....
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
... new nuclear power stations includes Kirksanton, a site in Cumbria, proposed by German utility RWE which is not close to any existing nuclear facilities and overlaps a small wind farm.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
The proposed changes contrast with examples such as the six-year struggle to steer the Sizewell B power station through the planning process, and is likely to encourage foreign firms such as E.ON, RWE npower and EDF to produce a new fleet of UK power stations that could be up and running by 2017.
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Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
From UPI: German energy giants Eon and RWE have decided to team up to build nuclear power plants in Britain, promising to invest around $25 billion in the endeavor. The new company Horizon Nuclear Power headquartered near Gloucester will start operations on Nov. 16, the companies said in a joint statement. The joint venture is held to 50 percent by Eon UK, with RWE npower owning the other half. The...
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
That would contrast with examples such as the six-year struggle to steer the Sizewell B power station through the planning process, and is likely to encourage foreign firms such as E.ON, RWE npower and EDF to produce a new fleet of UK power stations that could be up and running by 2017.
