FRANKFURT, Germany, July 26 (UPI) -- German energy company RWE said it signed a 15-year deal with the country's national railway company for renewable energy from hydroelectric power.
RWE and railroad company Deutsche Bahn signed a 15-year supply contract for electricity from hydropower.
RWE said it supplies the railroad company with around 900 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year. That's enough to meet the energy demands of around 250,000 German households every year.
Deutsche Bahn said it was working to get all of its electricity from renewable resources. Ruediger Grube, chief executive officer at the railroad company, said climate protection is a top priority for the rail industry.
"This brings us much closer to our vision of a complete shift to renewable energy sources for our railway power supply," he said in a statement.
RWE said the power would be supplied from plants along the Mosel, Saar, Rhine, Ruhr and Rur rivers in Germany. The company added that its hydroelectric power is, to its consumers, indistinguishable from conventional power sources.
