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Eon Eon has unveiled proposals for the development of a network of carbon capture and storage sites in the Thames Estuary, in order to store 16m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. 23-Apr-2009 Eon is to shed 450 jobs at its energy, retail and business services operations across the country, including the closure of a call centre in Glasgow and the loss of 54 jobs in Nottingham. 30-Jan-2009 Eon and RWE of Germany have formed a joint venture to invest £20bn in the development of four nuclear power plants in the UK, including sites in Gloucestershire and Anglesey. 15-Jan-2009 Eon is considering plans to build a wood-burning biomass power station on the same site as a planned gas-fired plant at Drakelow in South Derbyshire. 18-Nov-2008 Eon is to shed 400 of the 4,400 jobs in its energy services business over the next six months, including 150 in home installations, 100 in metering, 75 in new connections and 75 back office staff. 17-Sep-2008 Eon is drawing up plans to build a £4bn 1,600MW nuclear power station at Oldbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire by 2020. 11-Sep-2008 Eon, the energy company, is setting up a 20,000 sq ft office at Terrace Hill's 129 Wilton Road development in London. 08-Sep-2008 Eon has unveiled outline plans to build a £300m 150MW wood-burning power station at the Port of Bristol by 2014. 20-Aug-2008 Eon has unveiled plans to build a wind farm with ten turbines up to 125 metres high at Great Stainton near Sedgefield. 05-Aug-2008 Eon is considering two sites near Sheerness and Ashford in Kent as possible locations for a new nuclear power station. 20-May-2008 Eon, the energy supplier, has announced plans to create 465 jobs at its offices in Nottingham, with vacancies in customer services, finance, IT and management. 18-Apr-2008 Eon is seeking permission to build the £700m 300MW Humber Gateway wind farm in the North Sea by 2012. 08-Apr-2008 Eon is to relocate its energy trading operation and up to 194 jobs from Westwood Business Park in Coventry to Germany. 19-Mar-2008 Eon has submitted plans to build a £60m biomass power station at Blackburn Meadows near Sheffield by 2011. 18-Mar-2008 Eon has won government approval to build a wind farm with 22 turbines at Tween Bridge near Doncaster, as well as 39 turbines at Keadby, North Lincolnshire. 29-Feb-2008 Eon UK and Lunar Energy have unveiled plans to build one of the world's largest tidal power stations off the coast of Pembrokeshire by 2011, including a series of 60ft turbines on the sea floor. 02-Nov-2007 Eon has won government approval to build a £350m gas-fired power station at Drakelow in Derbyshire by 2011, with the creation of 70 jobs. 18-Oct-2007 Eon is to close its office at Whersted Park in Ipswich in summer 2008 with the loss of up to 339 jobs, in order to centralise its business sales and service teams at the main site in Coventry. 05-Oct-2007 Eon has announced plans to build a 300MW offshore wind farm with up to 83 turbines off the East Yorkshire coast. 30-Aug-2007 Eon is in discussions with Sheffield and Rotherham councils about proposals to build a £60m biomass power station at Blackburn Meadows by 2011, using wood, willow and elephant grass as fuel. 20-Jul-2007 Eon and Lunar Energy have announced plans to develop one of the world's largest tidal stream power stations off the west coast of Britain by 2010, and a number of potential sites are being considered. 16-Mar-2007 Shell, Eon and Core have won government approval to build the £1.5bn London Array wind farm in the Thames estuary by 2010, including 341 turbines. 19-Dec-2006 Eon is to proceed with plans to build the £325m Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth, and work on the 16 turbines is due for completion in spring 2009. 11-Dec-2006 Eon has won government permission to build a new £350m gas-fired power station on the Isle of Grain in Kent, and construction work could start in 2007. 02-Nov-2006 Eon is to invest £1bn in the expansion of the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent, including two new 800MW supercritical units. 13-Oct-2006 Eon UK is to submit multi-million-pound plans to East Riding Council to build ten gas storage caverns at Whitehill Farm on the Holderness coast by 2010. 18-Aug-2006 Eon is to recruit at least 600 electrical engineers, fitters, craftsmen and technicians over the next three years, in order to maintain and expand its electricity networks. 29-May-2006 Eon is said to be planning to build a £1bn coal-fired power station near Killingholme in Lincolnshire by 2011, using carbon sequestration technology to bury emissions in former offshore gas fields. 17-May-2006 Eon is looking into the possibility of building a coal-fired power station somewhere on the east coast, as part of a £2.5bn investment in its UK energy infrastructure over the next three years. 21-Dec-2005 Eon is seeking government permission to build a £350m 1,200 MW gas-fired power station on the Isle of Grain in Kent. 15-Dec-2005 Eon has confirmed plans to build a £90m biomass power station in Lockerbie by 2007, with the creation of more than 300 jobs in the area. 14-Oct-2005 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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