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The RWE AG (to 1990 Rheinisch power station AG) is the second largest German power supply firm with head office in meals.
On 25 April 1898 the Rheinisch power station AG (RWE) was created by the AG before times W. Lahmeyer & CO and the German society for electrical enterprises, in order to supply the city meal with electricity.
1902 acquired August Thyssen and Hugo Stinnes by means of a consortium under participation of the German bank, the Dresden bank and the Disconto society the majority, led by them, to the RWE.
The first power station was established on the area of the Stinnes bill Victoria Mathias. In the connection the society expanded rapidly by conclusion of further supplying contracts with municipalities in the Ruhr district and in the Rhine country.
For the financing of growth as well as for the acquisition of concessions and permission organized Stinnes the RWE as mix-economical enterprise with private and local and/or national shareholders. He tried to attain supply of electricity rights particularly by the acquisition from electrical road and small railway companies to. One summarized in such a way acquired transporting enterprises in the RWE Bahnabteilung. The further development led 1936 to the establishment of the subsidiary Rheinisch road and Kleinbahnen GmbH in meal, which was active until 1966 in this area.
By aggressive acquisition politics and numerous establishments of power stations and supply enterprises RWE among its executive committees expanded Alfreds Thiel (executive committee 1902-1930) and Bernhard Goldenberg (executive committee 1904-1917) fast to one of the largest German energy enterprises. After the death of golden mountain Arthur Koepchen executive committee of the enterprise became.
1922 acquired the enterprise the participation of the majority at the BIAG future.
the enterprise of 15,000 coworkers employed and gained 1962 an annual turnover of 2,2 billion DM. 1972 was busy 56,600 coworkers with RWE and obtained an annual turnover of 6,8 billion DM.
2000 fused RWE with its competitor combined power stations Westphalia (VEW). At the same time the preferential rights of local shareholders were acquired. In the last years RWE changed itself to a world-wide active energy and Wasserversorungsunternehmen. Consequently the enterprise designated itself over, from Rheinisch power station became RWE as insignificant letter sequence. In the last years RWE separated from financial participation partially of many years in enterprises such as high low and Heidelberger printing machines.
At the end of of 2004 was publicly strongly criticized RWE because of its Lobbyismus practices (RWE affair so mentioned).
In the context of the concentration on core authority the RWE AG announced on 4 November 2005 to sell the water business of RWE Thames Water in Great Britain and of American Water in North America.
In December 2005 RWE turned out as a network carrier in connection with heavy power failures in parts of the cathedral Muenster into the headlines, after as consequence of a violent beginning of winter several Hochspannungsmasten broke down there and were completely together broken the current supply in parts of the cathedral Muenster. In some areas it took several days, until the supply was again surely posed.
After "§42 EnWG for current marking are obligated since 15 December 2005 all power supply firms in Germany to publish the origin of their river. 2004 amounted to with RWE the portion of renewable sources of energy 11%, country wide average of all power suppliers were 10%. Nuclear energy had a portion of 23% (average 30%), fossil and other sources of energy 66% (average 60%). With it carbon dioxide emissions are connected at a value of 709 g/kWh (average 550 g/kWh) and 0.6 mg/KW/H radioactive waste (average 0.8 mg/KW/H).
Chairman of the board is Harry Roels, further executive committees is Berthold A. Bonekamp, Alwin fitting (since 1 August 2005), Dr. phil. Klaus Sturany, and January Zilius.
The past supervisory board chairman Friedel Neuber died in October 2004. As a successor Thomas's R. Fischer, Vorstandsvorsitzender of the WestLB is selected.
The company structure covers the ranges
The RWE-AG is main sponsor of the soccer world championship of this year 2006 of humans with mental handicap in Germany.
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