Production Gross electricity production in Germany

Gross electricity production¹ in Germany from 2019 to 2023
Energy sources	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023
Energy sources	Billion kWh	%	Billion kWh	%	Billion kWh	%	Billion kWh	%	Billion kWh	%
1: Gross electricity production according to the Eurostat energy balance and the energy balance for Germany, provided that pumped storage production is eliminated from conversion output in Germany’s energy balance or pumped storage plants are regarded as storage facilities. 2: Provisional data. 3: Production in run-of-river power plants and storage power plants as well as production from natural inflow in pumped storage power plants. 4: Only production from biogenic share of household waste (about 50 %). Source: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen (AGEB). Effective: December 2023.
Gross electricity production, total	608.2	100	574,7	100	577.9	100	577.9	100	514.6	100
Lignite	114.0	18.7	91.7	16.0	110.1	18.8	116.2	20.1	87.5	17.0
Hard coal	57.5	9.5	42.8	7.4	54.6	9.3	63.7	11.2	44.1	8.6
Nuclear energy	75.1	12.3	64.4	11.2	69.1	11.8	34.7	6.0	7.2	1.4
Natural gas	89.9	14.8	94.7	16.5	90.3	15.4	79.0	13.7	80.0	15.5
Mineral oil products	4.8	0.8	4.7	0.8	4.6	0.8	5.7	1.0	4.9	1.0
Renewable energy sources	241.6	39.7	251.1	43.8	233.9	39.8	254.7	44.1	267.8	52.0
Wind power	125.9	20.7	132.1	23.0	114.7	19.5	124.8	21.6	137.8	26.8
Water power³	20.1	3.3	18.7	3.3	19.7	3.4	17.6	3.0	19.5	3.8
Biomass energy	44.3	7.3	45.1	7.8	44.3	7.5	46.1	8.0	43.8	8.5
Photovoltaic energy	45.2	7.4	49.5	8.6	49.3	8.4	60.3	10.4	61.1	11.9
Household waste⁴	5.8	1.0	5.8	1.0	5.8	1.0	5.6	1.0	5.5	1.1
Geothermal	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
Other energy sources	25.4	4.2	24.8	4.3	24.5	4.2	23.8	4.1	23.1	4.5

As at 07 March 2024

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