Resolute measures have been taken in Germany to protect the environment ever since the seventies. By installing flue gas desulphurization units in all their large coal-fired power plants, German power utilities have made a key contribution to reducing emissions.

E.ON Kraftwerke is making a major contribution to protecting the climate. Our subsidiary E.ON Kraftwerke is doing major maintenance work to make the Farge coal-fired power plant in Bremen, Germany, fit for the future. Center stage is taken by improvements in plant efficiency: Fuel use remaining equal, these plants will be able to generate nearly 20 megawatts more. These “green watts” produce as much power as 60 modern wind power stations, cutting CO₂ levels by some 100,000 metric tons a year.

Efficiency-enhancement measures carried out in power plants do not draw on subsidies to be profitable and are thus an efficient proposition seen within a macroeconomic context. By implementing these measures, E.ON Kraftwerke will avoid some 1 million metric tons of CO₂ every year by the end of this decade.