Enemalta drafting plans to close Marsa power station

Enemalta has started preparing plans for the decommissioning of Marsa power station, which plans have to be agreed with Mepa, Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt has told Parliament. "The government's plan is for the Marsa power station to be closed...

Enemalta has started preparing plans for the decommissioning of Marsa power station, which plans have to be agreed with Mepa, Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt has told Parliament.

"The government's plan is for the Marsa power station to be closed down at the end of 2012 when the interconnector with Sicily comes into operation," the minister told Opposition environment spokesman Leo Brincat in reply to a parliamentary question.

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