RWE after the compromise for the Coal phase-a jobs. How many employees will be affected, he could not say, said RWE chief Schmitz in a newspaper interview.

The planned exit strategy from Coal is cost from the point of view of RWE chief Rolf Martin Schmitz also Jobs in the energy group. RWE have taken in the Rhine area in the past years, the power plant blocks for the security readiness of the network, said Schmitz, the “Rheinische Post”. “Further closures are therefore all the more difficult, and then have a large impact on the mining system.”

“deep cuts”

How many employees will be affected, he could not say. “But I reckon with a significant reduction already in 2023, that goes far beyond the previous plans and through normal attrition.” This relates directly to the end of 2022, the employees want to close the power plants. In the following years, also Employed in the opencast mining will be affected. The removal will social be tolerated.

Positive was, that the coal Commission have reached an almost unanimous result. “Because we need a consensus and planning security.” How the implementation is working and what hot for RWE, it is necessary to analyze first. “But it is clear, and that everyone should be aware of, in lignite, there will be deep cuts.”