But longer terms?
RWE adjusts coal personnel planning
6/21/2022 3:53 am
In order to further reduce gas consumption, more coal-based electricity could be used again in the future. To ensure that the power plants are operational, the energy company RWE plans to send some employees into retirement later.
The energy company RWE wants to delay the early retirement of certain employees for the increased use of coal power planned by the Federal Ministry of Economics. “The foreseeable increase in personnel requirements will be covered by the fact that some employees will only be able to retire later than previously planned via the so-called adjustment allowance,” said an RWE spokeswoman for the “Rheinische Post”.
“Furthermore, the need for personnel should be covered by hiring trained people and the external labor market,” added the spokeswoman. This changed personnel planning in power plants and opencast mines includes several hundred jobs.
Yesterday, Monday, RWE announced that it would continue to operate three lignite-fired power plants, each with an output of 300 megawatts (MW), if the energy company was asked to do so. The Neurath C, Niederaussem E and F power plants are part of a list of possible stand-by plants drawn up by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in May in the event of serious disruptions to Russian gas supplies.
Economics Minister Robert Habeck from the Greens wants to reduce the use of gas for power generation and industry in view of reduced Russian deliveries. More coal-fired power plants are to be used for this. They are intended to replace electricity generation from power plants fired with natural gas as far as possible. The filling of the gas storage tanks is to be promoted.