Uniper transfer shares of Schkopau power plant

Uniper transferred its shares in the Schkopau power plant near Halle/Saale ending its participation in a lignite-fired power plant in its European portfolio, accelerating its phase-out of coal-fired power generation to become climate-neutral in Europe by 2035. 

Uniper sold around 58 percent of its stake to Saale Energie which is a subsidiary of the Czech Energetický a Průmyslový Holding a.s. (EPH), headquartered in Prague.

"The Schkopau power plant not only feeds electricity into the 50Hz extra-high voltage grid, but also supplies up to 6 percent of Deutsche Bahn's German electricity demand. The neighboring chemical industry is supplied with electricity, process steam and fully desalinated water around the clock. In purely mathematical terms, the cities of Halle, Düsseldorf and Hamburg could be supplied with electricity from Schkopau alone,”said Uniper power plant manager Arne Köhler.

With a net output of around 900 megawatts, the Schkopau power plant in southern Saxony-Anhalt is vital for energy supply to Central Germany. It supplies electricity for public supply and energy for the neighboring chemical park and for Deutsche Bahn.