RWE - an attractive investment

RWE is one of Europe’s five leading electricity and gas companies. Through our expertise in oil, gas and lignite production, the construction and operation of conventional and renewables-based power plants, commodities trading as well as electricity and gas transmission and sales, we cover the entire energy value chain. More than 70,000 employees supply about 16 million customers with electricity and nearly 8 million customers with gas via our fully consolidated companies. In fiscal 2010, we recorded more than €53 billion in revenue.

Europe is our market: RWE is the No. 1 power producer in Germany, No. 3 in the Netherlands, and No. 3 in the UK. We continuously expand our position in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe.

Our power plant portfolio and our investment programme for building new, environmentally friendly and flexible generation capacity are the main basis for growing earnings in the future. Our groupwide new-build power plant programme with a total installed capacity of about 12 gigawatts is in the last third of its implementation phase. Besides more efficient and climate friendly fossil fuel-fired power stations, renewable energy plays a key role. Our leading position in European energy trading helps us make optimal use of our power plants on the market. We react to changes in customer needs by offering new products for homes, commerce and industry. In this context, climate protection and energy efficiency are becoming increasingly important.

Our gas and oil production businesses are displaying above-average growth. In light of the long-term global rise in demand for gas, we plan to steadily increase the amount we produce in-house.