The ESB has begun building a €520m gas-fired power station near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain.
The Irish semi-state firm will supervise the design, engineering, construction and commissioning of the 800-megawatt plant before taking over its management and operation when it begins generating power in 2005.
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