RWE chief: We will not follow E.ON in ditching fossil fuels

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But energy giant admits it did consider separating renewables and conventional power businesses two years ago

German energy giant RWE says it has no plans to follow in the footsteps of E.ON and abandon conventional fossil fuel generation, but revealed it did consider the same move two years ago. Peter Terium,...

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