E.ON UK is a leading energy company in the UK.  We’re one of the UK's leading energy suppliers, the second largest electricity generator in the UK and we own the second largest distribution network in the UK. We’re part of E.ON; the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company, which has its headquarters in Germany.

E.ON UK CHP owns and operates the combined heat and power interests of E.ON UK. We have invested over £480 million in schemes in the UK and we continue to be the market leader in the large-scale end of the CHP market. Our CHP schemes provide customers with more than 577MW of electricity and 948MW of heat.

Air is compressed and mixed with natural gas and burned in the gas turbine. Hot exhaust flows over turbine blades to induce electricity from an attached generator. Instead of being wasted through a chimney, the exhaust then heats water in the boiler producing high pressure steam which is put through the steam turbine producing more electricity. Finally, the remaining steam is sent on to be made use of by the customer and is the reason for the very high energy efficiency.

CHP plants already generate more than 6% of the UK's total electricity needs and are set to generate substantially more in the future. By 2010, as part of its climate change strategy the Government expects the CHP capacity in the UK to increase to 10GW.

We’re an exciting and fast-moving business unit and as such we are always keen to hear from people who are interested in working with us.  Our current recruitment, covering a number of different vacancies, is ongoing.  If you’d like to find out more about the roles available within CHP, go to www.eon-uk.com/chproles to find out more.