Datteln Power Station

Datteln Power Station is proposed by E.ON Kraftwerke to have an installed capacity of 1100 megawatts and is currently under construction.

Future location of Datteln Power Station - approximate area only

Background
Friends of the Earth International filed a lawsuit in hopes of stopping its construction. In July 2006 Power in Europe reported that E.ON decided to proceed with the proposal with construction slated to begin at the end of 2006. A year later the newsletter reported that the company had requested tenders for bids for “specialist building works” to take place May 2008-May 2010.

In 2011 E.ON Kraftwerke reported that the 1,050 MW plant was set to begin operation by the end of 2013. However, Germany's federal administrative court in 2010 decided in favor of a regional court ruling against construction of the plant. As of 2011 local planners in favor of the plant were seeking to change procedures.

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