Climate change is one of the most significant issues facing the world and business today.
We’re implementing the big changes necessary to help alleviate this global problem. We have a five year, £1bn investment plan focussing on renewable energy. This includes projects such as the UK’s largest dedicated biomass power station at Steven’s Croft, Lockerbie, wave energy generation off the North Cornwall coast and a recently announced programme with Lunar Energy to develop a tidal stream project of up to 8MW off the west coast of the UK. This project will be one of the largest tidal stream energy plants of its kind in the world, capable of producing enough power for up to 5,000 homes.
We’re also operating the largest traditional hydroelectric power station in England and Wales. It has now been reliably generating sustainable energy for over 40 years.
E.ON already operates 20 wind farms across the UK, both offshore and onshore. We’re currently building an offshore wind farm at Robin Rigg in the Solway Firth, which will be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the UK. We’re also part of a consortium developing the London Array project – an offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary that will produce enough electricity for a quarter of Greater London’s homes. This will be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world.
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