e.on

gas

Energy giants feel pain of a changing market

Germany's two largest energy generators, E.ON and RWE, are battling to stay in the black as the Energiewende (transition to green energy) has left them out in the cold.

Russia

E.ON treble profits after Russian gas deal

E.ON, Germany's biggest power supplier, said Tuesday its net profit more than trebled in the first six months after it struck a price deal with Russian gas giant Gazprom and despite Germany phasing out nuclear power.

Energy

Energy giant RWE plans massive job cuts

Energy giant RWE plans to cut thousands of jobs over the next few years, according to media reports.

e.on

Power cut leaves 117,000 chickens to suffocate in factory farm

Police have launched an investigation after around 117,000 chickens suffocated in an eastern German factory farm when the power cut out.

nuclear power

E.ON planning even bigger job cuts

The downsizing of one of Germany's leading energy companies could be much more devastating than previously expected. E.ON may be considering cutting up to 10,000 jobs worldwide.

Energy

E.ON sells British power grid to US group

E.ON, Germany's biggest power group, said Wednesday that it will sell its British electric grid business Central Networks to the US group PPL for €4.7 billion ($6.5 billion).

Energy

German firms to build giant British offshore wind farms

German companies have won contracts worth more than €100 billion to build Britain’s planned network of offshore wind farms in the North Sea.