https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20150311/energy-giants-feeling-pain-of-turn-to-renewable-energy Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:22:15 +0100 energy-giants-feeling-pain-of-turn-to-renewable-energy 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20120807/44205 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:31:00 +0200 44205 Energy giant RWE plans to cut thousands of jobs over the next few years, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20111203/39287 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:54:00 +0100 39287 Police have launched an investigation after around 117,000 chickens suffocated in an eastern German factory farm when the power cut out. https://www.thelocal.de/20110816/36985 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:43:00 +0200 36985 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20110806/36795 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:37:00 +0200 36795 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). https://www.thelocal.de/20110302/33459 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:21:00 +0100 33459 German companies have won contracts worth more than €100 billion to build Britain’s planned network of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. https://www.thelocal.de/20100109/24461 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:58:00 +0100 24461