New Energy for Slovakia
Making life more enjoyable and offering our customer competitive and reliable services that bring them advantages and benefits - this is the aim of E.ON. The basis of all our efforts is our experience and skill. With over 88,000 E.ON employees worldwide, we are making day-to-day life easier in many households and businesses. E.ON has been active in Slovakia for over 5 years. E.ON is 40 % owner of the western Slovakian distribution company Západoslovenska energetika a.s.
 
The latest technology - clean and efficient
E.ON creates a basis for services of the highest quality. E.ON Elektrárne s.r.o., the in Trakovice -based subsidiary of E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH in Hanover, Germany, is planning a major investment project in Slovakia: The most modern combined cycle power station in the country will be built close to the village Malženice. The site of this combined cycle power plant will supply over 600,000 households with electricity - efficiently and reliably throughout the whole year.
 
Natural gas - An environmentally friendly energy source
The E.ON Elektrárne s.r.o. plant has been designed as a combined cycle power plant power plant with an efficiency of 58%. The high efficiency results from the combination of a gas turbine system and a steam turbine system. In addition, natural gas is an extremely environmentally friendly energy source with comparatively modest CO₂ emission levels. Of fossil fuels, such as crude oil, lignite or coal, natural gas has the lowest emission levels. It is almost entirely sulphur-free, and it contains neither fluorine nor chlorine.
 
Energy for the future
The planned power plant in Malženice will be an important component of an environmentally conscious, reliable, and trend-setting energy supply system in Slovakia. On the one hand, the capacity of older power plants that are scheduled to be phased out in the next few years will need to be replaced. On the other hand, Slovakia's energy demand will continue to rise. The construction of new power plants will, therefore, reduce Slovakia's dependence on electricity imports.
 
Energy for the country
The location of the combined cycle power plant turbine power plant plays a significant role in supply security. It is able to run 24 hours a day and can be operated flexibly. Electricity produced by the Malženice power plant will be fed into the high-voltage line (400kV), which allows for the reliable and all-year-round supply of the dynamically growing region and country. The project is currently in the final permitting phase, the high-efficiency plant is expected to start operation in 2010. Subsequently, the Malženice power plant will generate approximately up to 2 billion kWh of electricity each year. The modern and attractive architectural solutions used mean that the power plant will blend in well with its environment.