RWE CEO Markus Krebber
RWE plans green hydrogen projects in North Rhine-Westphalia
German utility calls for government support for investment in key industrial state
German utility RWE aims to deploy 700MW of electrolyser capacity for green hydrogen production and 2GW of hydrogen-ready gas-fired power generation by 2030 in Germany’s key industrial state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The plans form part of a €4bn ($4.6bn) investment package that also includes the addition of a combined 1GW of wind and solar capacity in the state. RWE’s announcement will put pressure on government at both state and federal level to support its plans for the country’s industrial heartland “As an industrial state, North Rhine-Westphalia plays an outstanding role in the conversion to a climate-neutral economy. Politicians, companies and society are called upon to assume this res
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