Category Archives: 2018

Substantial Drop in Energy Consumption in 2018 — Lowest Consumption since the Early 1970s / Reduced CO₂ Emissions

Berlin/Bergheim (Decem­ber 19, 2018) – Germany’s ener­gy con­sump­ti­on decreased sub­stan­ti­al­ly in 2018. Accor­ding to cal­cu­la­ti­ons con­duc­ted by the Arbeits­ge­mein­schaft Ener­gie­bi­lan­zen (AG Ener­gie­bi­lan­zen) – Working Group on Ener­gy Balan­ces (Ener­gy Balan­ces Group), con­sump­ti­on drop­ped by 5 per­cent to 12,900 peta­joules (PJ), or 440.2 mil­li­on tons of coal equi­va­lent (Mtce), when com­pared to the pre­vious year. Ener­gy […]