Uniper determined to complete Germany’s last new coal plant

E.On's Datteln 4 coal power plant. (E.On)

Uniper looks set to commission its long-delayed 1.1 GW Datteln 4 power plant in Germany next summer despite generally poor profit margins for coal-fired assets and the German government’s plans to gradually phase out coal.

On 8 August, the Düsseldorf-based company reiterated in its half-year results that it is on track to commission the state-of-the-art Datteln 4 hard-coal power plant next summer. The facility – which will import hard coal from global markets – seems likely to be the last...