Pembroke - the environment

Protecting the environment is a very important issue and RWE npower is committed to limiting the environmental impact of everything we do – especially when developing a new power station.

Modern gas-fired power stations are clean and compact facilities.  Generating electricity from gas is more efficient than other fossil fuels and gas also contains less carbon than coal.  These two factors result in gas-fired power generation producing less than half the CO₂ emissions when compared to electricity generated from existing coal fired power stations.

The other main product of combustion is water – there is no ash or dust and gas contains virtually no sulphur.

We are committed to conducting the construction and operation of our power plants in an environmentally sustainable way and we will continue to co-operate with the Environment Agency and Countryside Council for Wales to work towards achieving this goal.

Environmental Permit
In November 2011, the Environment Agency granted the Environmental Permit needed to operate Pembroke Power Station. This regulates the operation of the power station in terms of discharges to the surrounding air, water or land.

It regulates specific areas including:

• The prevention of environmental accidents
• Operational noise emitted by the Power Station and from associated machinery
• The energy efficiency of the Power Station
• Minimisation and proper management of waste arising during the operation of the Power Station and as a result of its ongoing maintenance