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 […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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 […]