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01.09.2011 11:05
Greenpeace Blocks Construction Of Dutch RWE Power Plant
Friday, regional authorities ordered that RWE's Dutch unit Essent could continue the construction
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Environmental group Greenpeace Tuesday blocked the construction of German public utility company RWE AG's (RWE.XE) planned coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands, Dow Jones reported. 
 
Greenpeace also took legal steps to halt the construction work. 
 
Last Wednesday, a Dutch court annulled RWE's permits for the construction of the plant in Eemshaven - near the Dutch Wadden Sea  - for environmental reasons, saying the utility needs new permits to complete construction. 
 
However, last Friday, regional authorities ordered that RWE's Dutch unit Essent could continue the construction. 
 
A Greenpeace spokesman said it is illegal for the company to continue the construction as this requires valid permissions which RWE doesn't have. 
 
RWE has been building the 1.6-gigawatt, double-block plant since 2009, with a total investment of more than EUR 2 billion. Earlier this month RWE said it expected the plant to begin operations in 2014. 
 
However, this is now in question. The Greenpeace spokesman said the environmental group has asked a court to grant a preliminary injunction to ban RWE from continuing the construction work. 
 
An RWE spokeswoman confirmed there is a blockade and added that the company has asked law enforcement authorities to clear it for security reasons - as in an emergency no ambulances or fire brigades could reach the construction site.

TAGS: RWE | Netherlands | Essent | coal power plant | construction | environment | Greenpeace 


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