RWE (RWEG.DE) has sued a syndicate concerned within the
building of German wood coal plant Grevenbroich-Neurath within which 3 staff
died, strict concerning one.3 billion euros (1 billion pound) for
"culpable breach of duty", a German court aforementioned.
The deaths occurred throughout construction of the plant in
October 2007 once a staging folded. As a result, completion was delayed by 2
years, that RWE is currently claiming damages, a spokesperson for the
Moenchengladbach regional court aforementioned on weekday.
The plant started operations in August 2012.
The court spokesperson aforementioned the syndicate enclosed
Japan's Hitachi
(6501.T), German subsidiary Hitachi Power Europe and Alstom Power Systems, that
currently belongs to General electrical (GE.N).
A hearing is regular for February. 26, he said, adding that
a settlement had not been reached to date, despite intense efforts.
RWE, Germany's
second largest utility, confirmed the court's comments.
A spokesperson for Hitachi
in FRG declined to inquire into the claims by RWE however aforementioned the
syndicate itself was claiming 290 million euros from RWE as a results of the
development delay.
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