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9 December 2022 Potential greenhouse effect of fluorinated greenhouse gases used in 2021 down 9% on 2020

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.

23 June 2022 Strongest greenhouse gas: purchases of sulphur hexafluoride up 1.4% in 2021

17 January 2022 Potential greenhouse effect of fluorinated greenhouse gases used in 2020 down 14% on a year earlier

23 June 2021 Strongest greenhouse gas: purchases of sulphur hexafluoride down by more than one third in 2020 compared with 2016

28 January 2021 Potential greenhouse effect of fluorinated greenhouse gases used in 2019 down 14% on a year earlier

26 June 2020 Strongest greenhouse gas: purchases of sulphur hexafluoride up 7% in 2019

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Uses of sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) and current results

Climate protection, which is aimed at mitigating the possible effects of climate change, is globally considered as a profound challenge for humanity. Sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) is the strongest known greenhouse gas and one of the six greenhouse gases mentioned in the Kyoto protocol. This article looks at the uses of sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) and presents current results of the survey collecting information on the trade and sales of SF₆.