BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.18
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Uniper’s total direct carbon (Scope 1) emissions from European power generation in 2021 are expected to be about 21 percent above the previous year’s level and 17 percent for the Uniper Group, Trend reports with reference to the company.
The updated views are significantly above the assumed levels forecast at the beginning of the year for 2021 in the Annual Report 2020, which were 9 percent for European Power Generation and 8 percent for the Uniper Group. The updated estimate for 2021 was made on the basis of actual emissions for the first half of 2021 and on historic emissions of 2020 for the remaining half year 2021, with additional assumptions on changes within the generation portfolio.
Direct carbon emissions for the first half of 2021 turned out at higher levels than expected at beginning of the year, mainly due to more positive market conditions in the UK and the Netherlands, resulting in higher emissions of merchant assets. In Germany, customers are increasingly making use of their contractually assured electricity supply from the Datteln 4 power plant leading to an increase in generation. Additionally although Heyden 4 power plant entered cold reserve, increased emissions resulted from more frequent requests from the transmission system operator to put the plant into operation in order to stabilize the grid.
For the remaining half of 2021, similar increased levels of generation for Datteln 4 and Heyden 4 is assumed. In addition, a slight increase in emissions is considered due to the planned operational return of the Maasvlakte UCML gas turbine after a longer period of being mothballed.
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