RWE Generation: An International Generation Company to Strengthen the RWE Group for the Future

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RWE Generation: An International Generation Company to Strengthen the RWE Group for the Future

PR Newswire

ESSEN, Germany, January 2, 2013

ESSEN, Germany,January 2, 2013/PRNewswire/ --

Matthias Hartung to manage new company with 18,000 employees

Total power generation capacity of ~ 50,000 megawatts at more

than50 sites across Western Europe

International presence, local roots: This is the slogan chosen by RWE

Generation SE a new RWE business created to manage a power generation

capacity of around 50,000 megawatts at more than 50 sites across Western

Europe from1 January 2013.

http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130102/586380 "This new international approach to power generation at RWE will help us to

ensure success in an increasingly difficult market environment," explained Dr.

Rolf Martin Schmitz, Executive Board member for Operational Management

(COO) and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of RWE AG. "This move will

strengthen the RWE Group for the future and cements our place as one of

Europe's leading energy utilities. It is an important milestone in progressing

our development programme, RWE 2015."

All of RWE's conventional power plants in Germany, the UK and the Netherlands, as well as RWE Technology GmbH, have been combined to form a new company which will be incorporated as a European joint stock

company (Societas Europaea - SE for short).

Newly appointed RWE Generation CEO, Matthias Hartung, said, "Price

trends for energy resources and electricity are hard to predict. Future market

mechanisms remain unclear and subject to change. Renewable energies are

becoming more and more important in the European market. Conventional

power plants can only hold their own in today's environment if they are highly

efficient, protect the climate and are able to work very flexibly," emphasised

Matthias Hartung. "Our 18,000 employees have the highest level of expertise

and know-how, and I know that, with this new RWE team working on the

operation and continued development of our assets, we can establish

ourselves at the top of Europe's power generation sector."

In conclusion, Matthias Hartung, added, "RWE Generation will combine the

advantages of a cross-country organisation with RWE's strong presence in

our core market countries." This is why the Chief Executive Officers of the

national companies - Paul Massara at RWE npower in the UK and Erwin van

Laethem at Essent in the Netherlands - will remain the immediate contacts

for politicians and the public. "This is how we intend to make our generation

business fit for the future."

The foundation of RWE Generation's business strategy is the sharing of best

practice and technical expertise across international boundaries to provide

the best solutions for the whole business. Moreover the commercial entities

will work increasingly closely with the operating units.

Dr. Frank Weigand (Chief Financial Officer), Alan Robinson (Chief

Commercial Officer), Dr. Ulrich Hartmann (Lignite / Nuclear Energy /

Hydroelectric Power portfolio), Roger Miesen (Hardcoal / Gas / Biomass

portfolio ) and Erwin Winkel (Human Resources) also belong to the

Executive Board of RWE Generation.

RWE Generation SE

Since1 January 2013, RWE Generation SE has been the generation

company in the RWE Group. The company pools the generation entities and

engineering expertise of RWE Power in Germany, RWE Essent in the

Netherlands, and RWE npower in the UK. The company has around 18,000

employees and nearly 50 GW of power generation capacity.

Contact: Stephanie Schunck Head of Communication

RWE Generation SE

T +49-201/12-22088

Lothar Lambertz

External Communication/PR

RWE Generation SE

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