Pursuing a vision, tapping potentials, implementing ideas: research and development at RWE is of strategic importance. Our scientists and engineers find answers for vital technological issues, and their expertise is in international demand. This innovative power strengthens the Company in a setting of growing competition and on its road toward the future. It creates the prerequisite for high security of supplies and economic success.

As a leading European energy company, RWE manages all its business fields in a spirit of sustainable development. A responsible approach to the environment starts at the research stage already. For all our technical progress, protection of climate and resources is vital – whether we are building the world’s most modern power plants or developing new technologies for the gas market.

Research is always a journey into the unknown. Still, our scientists take the long view at all times. Both in their own projects and in international research cooperation, they pursue three essential aims:

For a future life worth living

• improving existing processes and products step by step;
• developing key technologies and translating them into practice;
• coming up with strategies for future energy and water supplies.

For us, the "energy to lead" means working on the energy world of the future with great commitment and know-how. You, too, can experience this world in our interactive landscape – just click into the puzzle and off you go!