E.On has received permission to build a EUR 400 million power plant in the Gönyű on the Danube after a series of delays.
All necessary permits for the German utilities giant’s plant have been obtained work can start in November, according to Zoltán Katona, managing director of E.On’s power plant unit in
Fourteen months of delays came because more than the usual number of permits were required, including one from
The gas-fired 433 MW plant will generate about 2 billion kWh of electricity annually.
The Austrian company Wien Energie has opened a 22 megawatt wind farm near the northwest
A dozen 100-metre-high German REpower wind turbines with a rotor span of
Germany leads the way with 22,247 MW (as of January 1), followed by
Global wind power increased from 74.2 to 93.9 gigawatts in 2007, rising to over 1% of global electricity production. A little over 56.5 GW of this was in
Minister of Transport, Telecommunication and Energy, Pál Szabó said at an energy conference last Thursday that the life prolongation of the power plant in Paks is taken care of, but since it’s not a final solution, a decision needs to be made about the future of the country’s nuclear energy policy as soon as possible.