RWE Starts U.K. Oil-Fed Power Plant as Spare Generation Capacity Declines

(Bloomberg) -- RWE npower, the U.K. unit of
Germany's second-biggest utility, started an oil-fired power
unit after forecasts for spare generation capacity in Britain
were cut. Hydroelectric plants also started producing
electricity.

RWE npower started the 660-megawatt unit 2 at its
Littlebrook-D plant at 10:30 a.m. London time, according to data
on a Web site operated by National Grid Plc, the manager of
Britain's power-transmission network. International Power Plc
and Scottish Power Plc started hydro plants, the data showed.


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