Enns Power Station

Enns Power Station is a proposed 800 MW coal plant sponsored by Austrian energy company, Energie AG, for Enns, a town on the Danube River. The project has been shelved.

Background
The proposed project would have an installed capacity of up to 800 megawatts. In April 2008 Power in Europe, an energy trade newsletter, reported that the project on the Danube at Enns would involve coal being brought to the station by barge. The newsletter notes that Enns "also has a tie to the high pressure east-west WAG gasline."

In its 2006/2007 annual report Energie AG states that "During the 2006/2007 business year, Energie AG Oberösterreich Kraftwerk Ennshafen GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the Energie AG Group, bought land at the Upper-Austrian Danube harbor of Enns-Ennsdorf. The purchased real-estate serves to secure the site of possible future generation capacities."

Project Shelved
According to Energie AG, the project has been shelved.

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