Fortum's new CEO sees natural gas, hydrogen helping green transition

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The new chief executive of Fortum said on Wednesday natural gas and hydrogen could help Europe shift to clean energy and promised to present a strategy for the Finnish utility and its newly acquired German rival Uniper by the end of 2020.The state-controlled group named Chief Financial Officer Markus Rauramo as its new chief executive on Wednesday as it seeks to integrate Uniper , now 73.4% owned by Fortum after a two-year struggle to overcome resistance from Uniper..