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Posted on September 19, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleUniper sells its Datteln 4 power plant to ResInvest Group, fulfilling EU bailout conditions. The plant, operational since 2020, is valued at around 1 billion euros.
(Reuters) - German utility Uniper said on Friday it had agreed to sell its 1 gigawatt coal-fired power plant Datteln 4 to commodity trader and investment company ResInvest Group.
In addition to the coal infrastructure, the transaction also includes the associated heat generation facilities, the company added in a statement.
Reuters revealed on Wednesday that talks were underway on the sale of Datteln 4, the most valuable on a list of asset disposals required by the EU in exchange for approving Berlin's 13.5 billion euro ($15.87 billion) bailout of Uniper in 2022.
The parties did not to disclose a purchase price.
A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that the plant, which has been operational since 2020 and supplies power to Deutsche Bahn, could be valued at around 1 billion euros, less than the 1.5 billion it cost to build.
($1 = 0.8504 euros)
(Reporting by Paolo Laudani in Gdansk, Editing by Friederike Heine)
The Datteln 4 power plant is being sold to the ResInvest Group, a commodity trader and investment company.
The Datteln 4 power plant has a capacity of 1 gigawatt and has been operational since 2020.
The plant could be valued at around 1 billion euros, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The sale is part of asset disposals required by the EU in exchange for approving Berlin's 13.5 billion euro government rescue package.
The transaction includes not only the coal infrastructure but also the associated heat generation facilities.
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