E.ON:"If the population doesn't want the plant, we won't build it"

Could this be the shape of things to come?

It seems E.ON are getting cold feet about refitting one of their German power stations, at Staudinger near Frankfurt, after sustained popular protest against it.

Environmental campaigners, outraged that E.ON is continuing to pursue fossil fuels projects in a time of climate crisis, have successfully slowed the project by contesting coal storage facilities at the site, which would be essential for the revamp.

E.ON have long had their eye on increasing capacity of the Staudinger plant. However, it appears that popular opposition is putting the wind up them.

E.ON Chief Executive Wulf Bernotat glossed over the issue, saying that EON had ample opportunities to invest in power across Europe and would shift funds elsewhere if it faced too much protest.

Crucially he stated: "If the population doesn't want the plant, we won't build it"

So Wulf, does that go for Kingsnorth too?