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Press release No. 090 of 9 March 2023 Electricity production in 2022: coal accounted for a third, wind power for a quarter

As in the preceding years, coal was the main energy source in electricity production in Germany in 2022. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that one third (33.3%) of the electricity produced in Germany and …

Press release No. N 012 of 1 March 2023 In 2022, 87% of the imported photovoltaic power stations came from China

From Germany's perspective, China is by far the most important country of origin of photovoltaic power stations. Roughly 87% of the photovoltaic power stations imported to Germany in 2022 came from the People's Republic. The Federal Statistical …

Press release No. 518 of 7 December 2022 Electricity production in the 3^rd 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 …

Press release No. 374 of 7 September 2022 Electricity production in the 1^st half of 2022: coal-generated electricity up 17.2% on the same period a year earlier

Just under a third (31.4%) of the electricity produced and fed into the grid in Germany in the first half of 2022 came from coal-fired power plants. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that coal-generated …

Press release No. N 037 of 21 June 2022 2.2 million photovoltaic power stations installed in Germany

Increasing numbers of enterprises and households use solar energy for electricity production. In March 2022, there were 2.2 million photovoltaic power systems installed on roofs or the ground, providing a total net capacity of 58,400 megawatts. The …

Press release No. 233 of 8 June 2022 Electricity production in the 1^st quarter of 2022: coal again most important energy source

The major part of electricity produced and fed into the grid in Germany in the first quarter of 2022 came again from conventional energy sources. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports, however, that the …

Press release No. 116 of 17 March 2022 Electricity production in 2021: markedly higher proportion of conventional energy sources

The major part of electricity produced and fed into the grid in Germany in 2021 came from conventional energy sources. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the production of electricity from …

Press release No. 572 of 14 December 2021 Electricity production in the 3^rd quarter of 2021: coal again most important energy source

The major part of electricity produced and fed into the grid in Germany in the third quarter of 2021 came again from conventional energy sources. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the production of electricity from conventional …

Press release No. N 062 of 21 October 2021 21% capacity utilisation of wind power stations in the first half of 2021

There is more wind and less sunshine in autumn, which has a massive effect on the capacity utilisation of wind and photovoltaic power stations and, consequently, on electricity generation in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports …

Press release No. 429 of 13 September 2021 Electricity production in the 1^st half of 2021: coal most important energy source

The major part of electricity produced and fed into the grid in Germany in the first half of 2021 came from conventional energy sources. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the production of electricity from conventional energy …

Press release No. 275 of 11 June 2021 Electricity production in the 1^st quarter of 2021: again more electricity from conventional energy sources

In the first quarter of 2021, a total of 138.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced and fed into the grid in Germany. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was a 2.6% decline on the first …

Press release No. 101 of 5 March 2021 Electricity production in 2020: 5.9% less electricity fed into the grid than in 2019

In 2020, a total of 502.6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced and fed into the grid in Germany. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was a 5.9% decline on 2019. At least part of that …

Press release No. 499 of 11 December 2020 Average proceeds from sales of electricity and gas to households up 3.5% and 3.2%, respectively, in 2019

In 2019, energy suppliers in Germany received an average 25.3 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity they sold to household customers. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was a 3.5% increase compared …

Press release No. 410 of 16 October 2020 Industrial plants produced 53.4 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2019

In 2019 the local units of mining and manufacturing produced 53.4 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this is a share of 13.8% of the gross electricity production by power plants in …

Press release No. 352 of 11 September 2020 Electricity production in the 1st half of 2020: wind power most important energy source

In the first six months of 2020, a total of 248.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced and fed into the grid in Germany. 128.4 billion kilowatt-hours (51.8%) of electricity were produced from renewable energy sources. In the first half …

Press release No. N 037 of 17 July 2020 Electricity feed-in from photovoltaics high due to record number of sunshine hours in spring 2020

Never before have so many hours of sunshine been recorded in Germany in March, April and May – according to the German Meteorological Service, the spring of 2020 was the sunniest since records began in 1951. There was sunshine in abundance especially …

Press release No. 489 of 17 December 2019 Average gas proceeds up 1.8% in 2018

In 2018, gas suppliers received an average of 3.48 cents per kilowatt hour for the gas they sold to all final consumers (for instance businesses and households). According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the …

Press release No. 483 of 13 December 2019 Industry accounted for 12.6% of gross electricity production in 2018

In 2018 the local units of mining and manufacturing produced 55 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this represents 12.6% of the gross electricity production in Germany as recorded by the …

Electricity from photovoltaics and wind fed into the grid