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Press release No. 546 of 19 December 2022 New record volume of household waste generated in 2021
The volume of waste produced by households in Germany continued to rise in 2021. 483 kilograms of household waste per capita were collected according to provisional data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was an increase by 6 …
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Press release No. 542 of 16 December 2022 Household consumption of housing energy down 0.9% in 2020
Households in Germany consumed less housing energy in the first Covid-19 year of 2020 than in 2019 although people spent more time at home on account of the pandemic. The temperature adjusted consumption of housing energy amounted to a total of 715 …
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Press release No. 530 of 13 December 2022 Energy consumption in industry up 4.6% in 2021 on the previous year
In 2021, the German industry consumed 3,918 petajoules of energy. That was an increase of 4.6% from 2020, the first Covid-19 year, and of 2.6% compared with 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the major part was used for …
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Press release No. 524 of 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 …
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Press release No. 518 of 7 December 2022 Electricity production in the 3rd quarter of 2022: coal-generated electricity up 13.3% on the same period a year earlier
More than a third (36.3%) of the electricity produced and fed into the grid in Germany in the third quarter of 2022 came from coal-fired power plants (third quarter of 2021: 31.9%). Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis …
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Press release No. 510 of 2 December 2022 Energy consumption in transport down by a fifth in 2020
Transport was responsible for a good fifth (21.4%, or 2,562 petajoules) of German energy consumption in 2020. Energy consumption in transport thus dropped by 18.4% compared with 2019, when it had accounted for nearly a fourth (24.1%) of total energy …
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Press release No. 460 of 31 October 2022 Household gas prices up 17.7% in 1st half of 2022
Households in Germany paid an average 8.04 cents per kilowatt hour of natural gas in the first six months of 2022. Consumers were charged an average 33.50 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity. Gas prices thus increased by 17.7% and electricity …
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Press release No. 437 of 12 October 2022 CO2 emission intensity of German businesses decreased again in 2020
The total CO2 emission intensity of all economic sectors amounted to 205 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) per 1,000 euros of gross value added in 2020, which is 8.4% less than a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports …
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Press release No. 423 of 6 October 2022 Coach industry 2020 and 2021: number of passengers down 77% from before the pandemic
Much smaller numbers of people travelled longer distances by coach in the Covid years of 2020 and 2021 than before the pandemic. The number of coach passengers (excluding regular services) was down by more than three fourths (-77%) in each of the two …
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Press release No. 418 of 4 October 2022 Electric mobility accounting for almost 30% of turnover in air quality control
In 2020, the establishments of the industry and service sectors in Germany generated a turnover of roughly 11.7 billion euros from goods and services for air quality control, or 14.8% of total turnover in environmental protection (78.9 billion …
