E.ON Switches on Robin Rigg Offshore Windfarm

GALWAY, IRELAND--April 19, 2010--Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--E.ON UK(Coventry, England), part of German power company E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY) (Dusseldorf, Germany), has flicked the switch on at the 180-megawatt (MW) Robin Rigg offshore windfarm in the Solway Firth, off the west coast of Scotland. Testing on the last of 60 turbines has been completed, and the facility is now capable of generating enough electricity for 117,000 homes.