Press Potential greenhouse effect of fluorinated greenhouse gases used in 2021 down 9% on 2020

Press release No. 524 of 9 December 2022

WIESBADEN - The potential greenhouse effect of the fluorinated greenhouse gases used in Germany in 2021 (FCs, HFCs, blends) fell by 9% on 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the volume of fluorinated greenhouse gases used declined from 7.7 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in 2020 to 7 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in 2021.