Amid abroader “streamlining” of the company’s business, it will also change the nameof npower renewables – its UK subsidiary – to Innogy UK.

The namechange is “about clarity and focus”, rather than any negative connotations theword “npower” might conjure in the public’s mind after months of bad publicityfor the UK’s electricity utilities, says Julia Lynch Williams, managingdirector for Innogy UK.

Over thepast two months RWE abandoned its plans for its 1.2GW