Energy Consumption Declined in Germany — Coal Decreased / More Renewables / Increases for Natural Gas and Mineral Oil

Berlin/Bergheim (Decem­ber 18, 2019) – Accor­ding to preli­mi­na­ry cal­cu­la­ti­ons con­duc­ted by the Arbeits­ge­mein­schaft Ener­gie­bi­lan­zen (AG Ener­gie­bi­lan­zen) – Working Group on Ener­gy Balan­ces (Ener­gy Balan­ces Group), Germany’s ener­gy con­sump­ti­on pea­k­ed at 12,815 peta­joules (PJ), or 437.3 mil­li­on tons of coal equi­va­lent (Mtce), in 2019. This trans­la­tes into a decli­ne of 2.3 per­cent when com­pared to the […]

Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen) Publishes Report on Energy Consumption in 2018

Berlin/Bergheim (May 6, 2019) — Germany‘s ener­gy con­sump­ti­on in 2018 decreased to its lowest level sin­ce the ear­ly 1970s. With a total volu­me of 12,963 peta­joules (PJ), or 442.3 mil­li­on tons of coal equi­va­lents (Mtce), con­sump­ti­on was actual­ly 3.5 per­cent below the pre­vious year’s level. As out­lined by the Arbeits­ge­mein­schaft Ener­gie­bi­lan­zen (AG Ener­gie­bi­lan­zen) – Working […]