RWE Power AG
Huyssenallee 2
Essen
Germany
45128
Telephone : +49(0)201/12-01
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Germany has agreed to end its reliance on polluting coal power stations by 2038, in a long-awaited decision that will have major ramifications for Europe’s attempts to meet its Paris climate change targets. The country is the last major bastion of coal-burning in north-western Europe and the dirtiest of fossil fuels still provides almost 40% of Germany’s power....
Siemens plc and RWE Innogy UK Ltd (RWE) were fined after 27-year-old Colin Sinclair was killed when he came into contact with the unguarded rotating shaft of a gearbox within a turbine at Causeymire windfarm in Caithness. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found that the gearbox had been inadequately guarded since January 2009, exposing the rotating shafts....
On November 26, German utility RWE said it had shelved plans to build a 240-turbine wind power project in the seas off the southwest of the UK. The proposed 1.2 gigawatt (GW) Atlantic Array, in the Bristol Channel off the north Devon coast, would have been one of the world's largest offshore wind farms....
Following the decision in March by German utilities RWE and E.on to withdraw from plans to build plants at Wylfa on Anglesey and at Oldbury in Gloucestershire, and put their Horizon, nuclear joint venture up for sale, well-placed observers say three consortia are interested in acquiring the joint venture....
On June 20, German utility RWE said it was permanently withdrawing from building nuclear power plants and has also put on hold any plans for new fossil-fuelled projects. RWE, which operates nuclear reactors in Germany and owns a stake in the Netherlands’ only atomic power plant, has already withdrawn from the Horizon project in the UK, a nuclear joint venture with E.ON....