The RWE Group’s structure: a mirror of the value chain

The strategy outlined above is put into practice by six divisions overseeing operations.

• RWE Power encompasses our Continental European power generation activities (with the exception of energy from renewables), including lignite mining. In 2008, the company had access to an installed capacity of about 33 gigawatts (GW). In addition to the further modernization of its German power plants, RWE Power is conducting a large number of growth projects in Eastern Europe and the Netherlands.
• RWE Innogy has been in charge of all our renewable activities since February 2008. The division focuses on wind, hydropower and biomass and already has an installed capacity of 1.2 GW. RWE Innogy plans to raise this to 4.5 GW by 2012, and will invest an average of over €1 billion per annum for this purpose.
• RWE Dea produces oil and gas in and outside Europe. Its regional points of focus are Germany, the UK, Norway and North Africa. Furthermore, the company is working on establishing upstream positions in the Black Sea and in the Caspian region. As a result, we will secure a growing share of the Group’s gas sales with in-house production.
• RWE Supply & Trading was created in 2008 by combining RWE Gas Midstream and RWE Trading. The company is responsible for the commercial optimization of all our non-regulated midstream gas activities. These consist of the purchase, transmission and storage of gas as well as the LNG Glossary business. In addition, as Europe’s largest energy trader, the company is our hub for tradable commodities such as electricity, gas, coal, oil, and CO₂ emissions certificates. RWE Supply & Trading was put in charge of our key account sales business (RWE Key Account) in 2009.
• RWE Energy is our supply and grid company for Continental Europe and supplies our customers in this region with electricity, gas, water and energy services. Six integrated regional companies operate under this division in Germany, with another six active in our other Continental European markets. Supra-regional electricity and gas grid operations are grouped under legally independent companies. In the future, we will assign the German electricity transmission business directly to RWE AG.
• RWE npower is responsible for power generation (with the exception of energy from renewables) as well as electricity and gas supply in the UK. The company already has an installed capacity of roughly 10 GW and intends to continue growing. It plans to build gas-fired power stations with a combined installed capacity of 3.7 GW. Moreover, we are looking into participating in nuclear power plant new build projects in the UK.

RWE IT GmbH and RWE Service GmbH render these six divisions a variety of support services. RWE AG is the RWE Group’s management holding company, which carries out corporate tasks such as Group strategy, mergers & acquisitions, research & development, finance, controlling, executive development and communications.