E.ON UK has today announced that the 33 years old, oil-fired power station on the Isle of Grain in Kent, will be mothballed with closure of the plant by 31 December 2012.
The Grain-A power station, which has not generated power during the last two years, was originally due to be closed by the end of 2015 as it does not meet the stringent environmental requirements set by the European Union’s Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD). However, in recent years the back-up role it had previously provided…
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