{"id":27338,"date":"2021-04-01T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T13:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=27338"},"modified":"2021-04-01T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T13:38:12","slug":"eph-to-close-power-stations-in-mehrum-and-deuben-after-winning-bids-in-the-second-german-coal-exit-auction","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/press-releases\/eph-to-close-power-stations-in-mehrum-and-deuben-after-winning-bids-in-the-second-german-coal-exit-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"EPH to close power stations in&nbsp;Mehrum and&nbsp;Deuben after winning bids in&nbsp;the&nbsp;second German coal exit auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the&nbsp;second German auction to decommission coal-fired power plants, Energetick\u00fd a&nbsp;pr\u016fmyslov\u00fd holding, a.s. (EPH), through its&nbsp;wholly owned subsidiary EP Power Europe, has been allocated compensation for both the&nbsp;hard coal fired power plant Mehrum with net capacity of&nbsp;690&nbsp;MW and&nbsp;its&nbsp;lignite fired industrial power plant Deuben with net capacity of&nbsp;67&nbsp;MW megawatts operated by MIBRAG. This has been announced by the&nbsp;German Federal Network Agency today. EPH will no longer be entitled to market the&nbsp;electricity generated in&nbsp;these plants after December 8, 2021. Subject to review by the&nbsp;transmission system operators and&nbsp;German Federal Network Agency, the&nbsp;Mehrum and&nbsp;Deuben power plants will be decommissioned.<\/p>\n<p>This step will reduce the&nbsp;CO2 production by the&nbsp;power plant portfolio of&nbsp;EPH by approximately 2.5 million tons annually, on the&nbsp;basis of&nbsp;average production in&nbsp;years 2017-2019, which was used as a&nbsp;basis for awarding the&nbsp;bids.<\/p>\n<p>Development plans for the&nbsp;subsequent use of&nbsp;these sites are being further developed with regional stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the&nbsp;second German auction to decommission coal-fired power plants, Energetick\u00fd a&nbsp;pr\u016fmyslov\u00fd holding, a.s. (EPH), through its&nbsp;wholly owned subsidiary EP Power Europe, has been allocated compensation for both the&nbsp;hard coal fired power plant Mehrum with net capacity of&nbsp;690&nbsp;MW and&nbsp;its&nbsp;lignite fired industrial power plant Deuben with net capacity of&nbsp;67&nbsp;MW megawatts operated by MIBRAG. This has been announced [&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":[95],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases\/27338"}],"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=27338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tax-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax-year?post=27338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}