2010 Key Figures at a Glance

 

FieldPerformance indicator2010200920082007
EconomyExternal electricity sales volumebillion kWh311.2282.8317.1306.4
External gas sales volumebillion kWh395.4332.0327.8335.0
Electricity customersmillion16.216.514.414.6
Gas customersmillion7.98.06.26.3
External revenue€million53,32047,74148,95042,507
Share of the RWE Group’s revenue earned in
countries with a high or very high risk of
corruption1
%12.012.712.911.8
Net income€million3,3083,5712,5582,667
Value added€million2,8763,1773,4532,970
Capital expenditure€million6,64315,6375,6934,227
EnviromentPower plant capacityMW52,21449,58245,19644,533
NOX emissionsg/kWh0.580.670.670.76
SO2 emissionsg/kWh0.290.340.390.57
Particulate emissionsg/kWh0.0190.0240.0280.034
Primary energy consumptionbillion kWh403.0368.2396.0411.7
Water consumption2m3/MWh1.411.701.491.69
Specific CO2 emissionsmt/MWh0.7320.7960.7680.866
Scope 1 CO2 emissions3million mt167.1151.3174.5189.7
Scope 2 CO2 emissions4million mt3.13.53.83.6
Scope 3 CO2 emissions5million mt135.7128.1127.0127.8
Share of the Group’s electricity generation
accounted for by renewables
%4.063.52.42.4
SocietyEmployees770,85670,72665,90863,439
Share of women in the company%26.226.125.625.2
Share of women in executive positions%10.89.088.98.9
Fluctuation rate%8.38.78.89.1
Health ratio%95.695.495.495.6
Lost-time incident frequencyLTIF93.54.35.36.1
Fatal work-related accidents1025129

1 Countries rated lower than six on a scale of zero to ten in the Corruption Perceptions Index by the anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, with ten corresponding to the lowest risk of corruption
2 Difference between power plant water withdrawals and returns to rivers and other surface waters; excluding power plants with seawater cooling
3 Scope 1: direct CO2 emissions from in-house sources (electricity generation, oil and gas production, gas transmission)
4 Scope 2: indirect CO2 emissions from the generation of electricity purchased from third parties which is used when being transmitted over the RWE network (network losses)
5 Scope 3: indirect CO2 emissions that do not fall under Scope 1 or 2, produced through the generation of electricity procured from third parties, (including network losses in third-party networks), production and transmission of used fuel, and CO2 emissions of gas sold to customers
6 Electricity generation based on wind (3.1 TWh), hydro (3.5 TWh) and biomass (2.3 TWh)
7 Converted to full-time positions
8 Excluding Essent
9 Number of accidents leading to the loss of at least one person day per million working hours; excluding employees of third-party companies
10 Including employees of third-party companies