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RWE AG, until 1990: ''Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG'' (Rhine-Westfalia Power Plant), is a German electric utilities company based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company supplies electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe. RWE is the second largest electricity producer in Germany. RWE previously owned American Water, the United States' largest investor-owned water utility, but this was divested in 2008. Subsidiary RWE Dea produces some of the oil and gas its parent sells (annual production is around 2 million m3 of crude oil (about 365,000 BOE) and 3 billion m3 of natural gas (about 18 million BOE, 49,300 BOE a day).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RWE Dea )〕 It is the largest German investor in Egypt (RWE Dea and RWE Power do business in Egypt).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RWE Dea:35 Years of Commitment to Egypt )〕 Also RWE has begun building more wind farms, a renewable energy business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Windmill Boom Cuts Electricity Prices in Europe )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RWE, Stadtwerke Munchen, Siemens to build wind farm off Welsh coast )〕 ==History== The company was founded in Essen in 1898 as ''Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk Aktiengesellschaft'' (''RWE'').〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RWE: History )〕 It first power station started operating in Essen in 1900.〔 In 1900 the local municipalities together owned the majority of the company.〔 In 2001, RWE took over the British company Thames Water. RWE agreed to acquire the British electricity and gas utility company Innogy for £3 billion (US$4.3 billion) in March 2002. In 2003 Dr Dietmar Kuhnt was succeeded by Harry Roels as CEO of the company and then in 2007 Dr. Juergen Grossmann took over. In 2006, RWE disposed of Thames Water to Kemble Water Limited. In July 2012, Peter Terium took over as CEO. On 14 August 2012 RWE AG announced that the company would cut 2,400 more jobs to reduce costs. Previously the company had announced to eliminate 5,000 jobs and 3,000 jobs through divestments as anticipated of closing all nuclear reactors by 2022.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RWE Announces 2,400 More Job Cuts as Power Demand Slumps )〕 As of May 2013 Urenco Group was owned by the British and Dutch governments, with one-third each, and with the German third held jointly by E.On and RWE.〔(''Powerhouse of the Uranium Enrichment Industry Seeks an Exit'' ) 27 May 2013 NYT〕 In August 2013 RWE completed the disposal of NET4GAS, the Czech gas transmission network operator, for €1.6bn to a consortium consisting of Allianz and Borealis. In March 2015, RWE closed the sale of its oil and gas production unit, RWE Dea, to a group led by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman despite opposition from UK regulators. The $5.6 billion deal, announced last year, required approval from 14 countries where RWE Dea operates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RWE」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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