E.ON

摘要

Germany's E.On is one of the top 10 wind power operators in the world and aspires to rise further up the global rankings. In Europe and the US it has more than 70 onshore wind farms with a combined capacity in excess of 2. 8 GW. The company says it is committed to further large-scale investments and to expanding its on and offshore installed capacity to about 10 GW by 2015. E.On operates the 782 MW Roscoe wind farm in Texas, US, the world's largest onshore wind farm. It is also very active in offshore wind energy and is currently developing a portfolio of projects in UK, Scandinavian and German waters. The company developed the 120 MW Scroby Sands offshore windfarm off the Norfolk coast in England. Its 30 turbines, each rated at 2 MW. E.On's latest offshore windfarm is the 60-turbine Robin Rigg project in Scotland, which is one of the country's largest. Construction began in 2007 and was completed this year. E.On is also one of the partner companies developing the London Array project along the English coast in cooperation with DONG Energy and Masdar.