News/Press

Essen, 25 January 2012, RWE AG

Changes to the Executive Management of RWE Innogy GmbH

At its meeting on 24 January 2012 the Executive Board of RWE AG appointed Hans Friedrich Bünting to succeed Fritz Vahrenholt as CEO of RWE Innogy GmbH as of 1 July 2012. more

Essen, 14 December 2011, RWE Innogy GmbH

RWE Innogy expands its Spanish wind portfolio to 447 megawatts

RWE Innogy Aersa, the Spanish subsidiary of RWE Innogy, has acquired a 47.5% stake in the Spanish wind farm operator Explotaciones Eólicas de Aldehuelas, thus increasing its overall share in the company to 95%. Explotaciones Eólicas de Aldehuelas owns and operates a wind farm with an installed capacity of 47.2 megawatts in the Spanish region of Castile-Léon near the city of Soria. Therefore RWE Innogy can increase its Spanish wind portfolio to 447 MW installed capacity.more

Essen, 08 December 2011, RWE Innogy GmbH

RWE Innogy starts construction of wind farm Titz in the administrative district of Düren

RWE Innogy has started today the first construction activities for the Titz wind farm in the north of the Rhenish mining area. Ten wind power systems each with a total height of 150 metres are to be erected here in the next twelve months in the immediate vicinity of RWE's Garzweiler opencast mine. The wind farm will be designed for a total electrical capacity of 20.5 megawatts. The investment volume totals some € 32 million.more

Borken, 23 November 2011, RWE Innogy GmbH

WLV and RWE Innogy provide information on the status of the planning for the Velen biogas plant

WLV and RWE Innogy have set themselves the goal of regularly informing the general public about the progress in planning a biogas plant at the "Hülsebrook" location in Velen and of hereby incorporating the concerns of the direct neighbours in the planning. The combination of biogas plant and digestate processing is unique in this planned form in Europe and groundbreaking for the change in energy supply wished by society and politics. For WLV and RWE Innogy this is a lighthouse project for a modern energy supply. Following initial talks with direct neighbours in June of this year, the community of Velen and the project partners will once again get together this Wednesday evening for a meeting with the direct neighbours. The following points will be discussed by WLV and RWE Innogy with the local residents and any misunderstandings clarified with respect to the plant concept.more

Essen, Hamburg, 21 November 2011, RWE Innogy GmbH

RWE Innogy and Bankhaus Lampe pool venture capital activities in support of renewables

Essen-based RWE Innogy and Conetwork Erneuerbare Energien (CEE), of Hamburg, a company in which Bankhaus Lampe has a participating interest, today sealed their agreement on long-term venture capital co-operation. CEE has taken a EUR 25 million stake in Innogy Renewables Technology Fund I (IRTF I), and holds thereby around 22 percent of the fund. RWE Innogy is increasing its contribution accordingly. As a result, the fund volume now tops the EUR 115 million mark. The fund portfolio currently consists of nine technology companies, and the aim is to expand to up to fourteen. This means the fund is fully funded, and there is no change in the time to its maturity, at the end of June 2018. In addition to its stake in the fund, CEE is taking over 25.1 percent of Innogy Venture Capital GmbH, the fund's general partner, and receives a seat on its investment committee.more