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Kingsnorth power station plans shelved by E.ON [UK]
Environmental campaigners were celebrating tonight after controversial plans for a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent were shelved, as the company behind the scheme…E.ON said recent falls in demand for electricity had forced it to rethink…[T]he Kingsnorth station…[was] a focus for protest and concern over carbon dioxide emissions…In a statement to green groups…the company said: "…[W]e remain committed to the development of cleaner coal and carbon capture and storage"… Friends of the Earth said: “…The government must…say no to all new coal plants which aren't fitted with 100% carbon capture and storage [CCS]”…A source said...E.ON's move could be an act of "brinkmanship" intended to force ministers to place less of the financial burden for CCS on energy companies.