E.ON UK is planning to replace the existing coal-fired units at Kingsnorth Power Station with two new cleaner coal units.

We’re currently developing plans for a £1bn investment to build two high efficiency units using state-of-the-art technology to produce power from coal far more efficiently and far more cleanly than ever before in the UK.

If approved, these would be the UK’s first supercritical coal-fired units, and they would produce enough electricity to supply around 1.5m homes. Rated at 800MW each, the new units would be considerably more efficient than the existing units, leading to a reduction in carbon emissions of almost two million tonnes a year.

Project Manager Adrian Smith said: “If built, these units would be the first new coal build in the UK for over 20 years and could set a new benchmark for cleaner coal-fired generation in the UK.”

On December 11 2006, we submitted a S36 planning application to the Government.

Proposals

Proposed area for new generating units (PDF, 132KB)

Proposed land area during construction (PDF, 168KB)

Statements

View a copy of the full Environmental Statement (PDF, 1MB)

View a copy of the Non Technical Environmental Summary (PDF, 1MB)

Environmental Statement Appendices (PDF, 1MB)

Figures for the Environmental Statement (PDF, 66MB)

Media

Read the national press release (PDF, 50KB)

Read the local press release (PDF, 42 KB)

3D animation of the proposed Kingsnorth supercritical units (WMV, 2.1MB)