RWE Aktiengesellschaft, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, trading, and supply of electric energy. It generates electricity using gas, coal/lignite, nuclear, wind, water, biomass, solar, and other renewables. The company also produces lignite, oil, and gas; and provides a range of gas related services, including gas supply, brokering, and handling transmission contracts. It offers its products and services primarily to private households, commercial operations, industrial companies, municipal utilities, and regional energy suppliers in Germany, the United Kingdom, and central eastern Europe. The company was founded in 1898 and is based in Essen, Germany.