{"id":18582,"date":"2017-06-21T08:18:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T07:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=18582"},"modified":"2017-06-21T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T07:21:15","slug":"eph-buy-langage-and-south-humber-bank-gas-fired-power-stations-from-centrica","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/press-releases\/eph-buy-langage-and-south-humber-bank-gas-fired-power-stations-from-centrica\/","title":{"rendered":"EPH to buy Langage and&nbsp;South Humber Bank gas-fired power stations from Centrica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Centrica plc has agreed to sell its&nbsp;operational Langage and&nbsp;South Humber Bank combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations, with a&nbsp;combined capacity of&nbsp;2.3GW, to EP UK Investments Ltd (EP UK) for \u00a3318million in&nbsp;cash, subject to customary working capital and&nbsp;other completion adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>EP UK is fully controlled by EP Power Europe, a.s. (EPPE) and&nbsp;EPPE is a&nbsp;wholly owned subsidiary of&nbsp;Energetick\u00fd a&nbsp;pr\u016fmyslov\u00fd holding, a.s. (EPH).<\/p>\n<p>CEO of&nbsp;EPH Daniel K\u0159et\u00ednsk\u00fd said <em>\u201cWe are proud to have the&nbsp;opportunity to continue Centrica\u00b4s tradition in&nbsp;the&nbsp;conventional power generation market in&nbsp;the&nbsp;UK. This is a&nbsp;significant acquisition in&nbsp;our strategy of&nbsp;increasing our generation capacity in&nbsp;the&nbsp;UK market.\u00a0 The&nbsp;two CCGTs will complement our existing UK portfolio of&nbsp;Eggborough and&nbsp;Lynemouth power stations and&nbsp;our Eggborough CCGT development project.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The transaction is subject to EU merger clearance and&nbsp;is expected to close during the&nbsp;second half of&nbsp;2017.<\/p>\n<p>EPH generates over 100 TWh of&nbsp;power annually, which places it as the&nbsp;7th largest power producer in&nbsp;Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centrica plc has agreed to sell its&nbsp;operational Langage and&nbsp;South Humber Bank combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations, with a&nbsp;combined capacity of&nbsp;2.3GW, to EP UK Investments Ltd (EP UK) for \u00a3318million in&nbsp;cash, subject to customary working capital and&nbsp;other completion adjustments. EP UK is fully controlled by EP Power Europe, a.s. (EPPE) and&nbsp;EPPE is a&nbsp;wholly owned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"tax-year":[72],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[{"locale":"cs_CZ","id":18581,"post_title":"EPH kupuje plynov\u00e9 elektr\u00e1rny Langage a South Humber Bank od spole\u010dnosti Centrica","href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/eph-kupuje-plynove-elektrarny-langage-south-humber-bank-od-spolecnosti-centrica\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases\/18582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tax-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax-year?post=18582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}