Investing in the UK: helping to create a secure, sustainable and affordable energy system

“The decisions we take today will create the future that we live in for generations beyond me, and that's a tremendous responsibility to make new energy work. So really, if we're going to make the difference, we have to be playmakers in this scenario. And I want to be a playmaker - somebody who's taking decisions today, with government and communities, that make that difference, not just for today, but for generations of the future.”

Vijay Tank, Chief Commercial Officer for Energy Infrastructure Solutions at E.ON UK

This third video in our series outlining innovations across E.ON looks at the UK’s big picture: the infrastructure projects turning ambition into reality. From ports to housing developments to large-scale batteries, these are the building blocks of a secure and sustainable energy system.

Delivering infrastructure projects that make energy more sustainable, more secure and more affordable is all part of making Great Britain a clean energy superpower – with the experience and know-how that E.ON brings through its operations in 14 countries across Europe, which can be deployed to work for the UK.

 We're already delivering some amazing projects:

• Helping to deliver the net zero ambitions of Peel Ports, installing the UK’s largest roof-mounted solar system at the Port of Liverpool and ensuring that energy can be an asset to UK businesses - 63,000 panels across 26 buildings that will reduce CO₂e emissions from the site by more than 6,500 tonnes each year, the equivalent of taking more than 2,250 cars off the road.
• The Silvertown development of 6,500 homes in London’s Royal Docks, connected to E.ON’s pioneering ectogrid™ low-carbon energy network that captures and reuses unused – and often unwanted – heat from commercial processes, giving waste energy a second life. At our ectogrid project in Sweden we are seeing 75% less energy needed to heat and cool buildings compared to more traditional sources.
• Creating one of the country’s largest grid scale batteries, at Uskmouth in South Wales which will help provide stability and flexibility in the energy system.
• Expanding the heat network connected to our Blackburn Meadows renewable energy plant by an extra 10km. Using recycled waste wood, It generates enough electricity to power more than 60,000 homes and is a source of heat to nearby buildings including Sheffield Arena and Forgemasters. 

As Vijay says: “It’s really important that we drive scale and speed in terms of the energy transition. Not only are we doing this at a local level, but we're driving this nationally to make Great Britain a clean energy superpower.”