E.ON Benelux Halts Construction of 1,070-Megawatt Plant in Netherlands

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--May 7, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--E.ON Benelux, a part of E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY) (Dusseldorf, Germany), was forced to temporarily halt the construction of a coal-and-biomass-fired power plant on the Maasvlakte harbor in Rotterdam, Netherlands. E.ON had begun groundwork, assuming that only a license was required for the operation stage. Construction work will be halted to prevent interference with neighboring company Lyondell.