The Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft (BDEW)
e.V. (German Association of Energy and Water Industries) with headquarters in
Berlin
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is the German
business organisation for the
energy
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(
power producers,
grid operators,
natural gas
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, electricity and
district heating
District heating (also known as heat networks or teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location through a system of insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating a ...
) and
water industry
The water industry provides drinking water and wastewater services (including sewage treatment) to residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the economy. Typically public utilities operate water supply networks. The water industry doe ...
(
water supply
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and
sanitation
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). BDEW influences the German
energy policy and is a proponent of
free-market
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designs. Depending on the sources, BDEW represents over 1800 or even 1900 companies, including local and municipal utilities as well as regional and inter-regional suppliers. Among the big players in the association are
E.ON,
Vattenfall,
EnBW
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly-traded energy company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany. As its name indicates, EnBW is based in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
History Foundation and development
...
and
RWE
RWE AG is a German multinational energy company headquartered in Essen. It generates and trades electricity in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States. The company is Europe's most climate threatening Company, the world's number two in offsh ...
.
References
External links
bdew.de- Home page
ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/…- Identification number in the register: 20457441380-38
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Business organisations based in Germany
Energy industry
Water industry