The European Commission has sent a “reasoned opinion” to the European Court of Justice complaining that RWE Npower’s Aberthawe plant is breaching regulations on NOx emissions.
The Commission said Member States should have reduced emissions by 1 January 2008 either individually, by complying with the emission limits set out in the Directive or by including these plants in national plans for the reduction of emissions. But it said “Aberthaw power plant currently operates on the basis of NOx emission limit of 1200 mg/Nm3, as opposed to the legally applicable 500 mg/Nm3”.