Production Production

Electricity generation plants for general supply with an electric bottleneck capacity (gross) of 1 megawatt or more.

Fuel input for electricity and heat generation by energy source, 20171

Energy sources

Fuel input2
Totalincluding
Combined heat
and power (CHP)
Gigajoule
1: Final data.
2: Including consumption for lighting up and co-firing.reliminary data.
. = Numerical value unknown or confidential.
- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Hard coal, total826,793,480182,996,346
Lignite, total1,358,825,91857,498,421
Diesel fuel.-
Heating oil7,904,059911,232
Heavy fuel oil3,730,539745,045
Liquefied gas..
Refinery gas- -
Petroleum coke..
Other mineral oil products1,382,690.
Natural gas, petroleum gas473,515,379312,361,569
Mine gas..
Coke oven gas.-
Blast furnace gas- -
Other manufactured gases..
Biogenic solids79,254,33538,521,651
Biogenic liquids..
Biogas17,358,40016,514,831
Sewage gas473,464409,824
Landfill gas705,286197,035
Other renewable energy sources4,285,859-
Sewage sludge1,216,243229,628
Industrial waste20,979,27310,942,370
Waste (household waste, municipal waste) 221,108,088115,751,611
Heat10,054,1457,249,140
Other energy sources..
Total3,033,274,613747,760,344

As at 16 April 2018

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