Enemalta and BWSC are locked in a dispute over the Delimara power station extension which may end up in the London Court of International Arbitration.

Enemalta is demanding €12 million in compensation for setbacks to the original plans, while BWSC has submitted a €13 million invoice for permit and fuel specification-related delays.

Details of the contested figures emerge from a National Audit Office report assessing the gravity of technical problems that emerged during the plant’s testing phase.

The NAO concluded that none of the faults are serious enough to threaten the plant’s long-term future, although it found nitrogen oxide emissions levels were overly high and that “the situation does not seem to be improving”.

It noted that Mepa failed to monitor emission levels it had established as part of the power station’s environmental permit.

Full story in The Times of Malta.