Press Potential greenhouse effect of fluorinated greenhouse gases used in 2020 down 14% on a year earlier

Press release No. 022 of 17 January 2022

WIESBADEN - The potential greenhouse effect of the fluorinated greenhouse gases used in Germany in 2020 (FCs, HFCs, blends) fell by 14% on 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that approximately 6,262 tonnes of these greenhouse gases were used in 2020. This was a decrease of 1,051 tonnes on 2019. Compared with 2015, the decline was 33%.

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