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Press release No. N 017 of 16 March 2023 Glass product prices in January 2023 markedly up year on year
The prices of glass products rose markedly in 2022 for glass bottles, window glass and glass jars. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the producer prices of glass and glass products were up 26.9% in January 2023 year on year. The …
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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. N 044 of 21 July 2022 Facts on gas supply: natural gas is major energy source for industry and households
Since war broke out in Ukraine, attention has focused on the gas supply in Germany. This is the more so as hardly any natural gas from the Russian Federation has been delivered to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline since 11 July. Maintenance work …
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Press release No. 171 of 20 April 2022 Current price rises for motor fuels higher than during crises of past decades
The dynamic development of energy prices in the context of the Covid-19 crisis has further accelerated as a result of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. The current price increases for energy products can in part be compared with the price …
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Press release No. N 016 of 29 March 2022 Energy prices: high increases at all stages in the economic process
Uncertainties in the energy markets and the tight supply of natural gas before Russia’s attack on Ukraine contributed to high increases in energy prices. In February 2022, energy prices rose strongly on February 2021 at all stages of the economic …
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Press release No. 568 of 13 December 2021 Average proceeds from sales of electricity and gas to households up 5.4% and 2.3%, respectively, in 2020
In 2020, energy suppliers in Germany received an average 26.6 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity they sold to household customers. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was a 5.4% increase compared …
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Press release No. 551 of 6 December 2021 Energy consumption in industry down 1.9% in 2020 on the previous year
In 2020, the German industry consumed 3,747 petajoules of energy. This was a decrease of 1.9% compared with 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the major part was used for energetic purposes (88%) such as electricity and …
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Press release No. N 086 of 28 December 2020 Before the introduction of the CO2 charge: 42.8% of the residential buildings completed in 2019 are mainly heated by oil or gas
The CO2 charge of 25 euros per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted will become effective on 1 January 2021. The purpose is to reduce the use of fossil energy sources for mobility and heating of buildings. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports …
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Press release No. 498 of 11 December 2020 Electricity production in the 3rd quarter of 2020: coal most important energy source
In the third quarter of 2020, a total of 116.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced and fed into the grid in Germany. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was 2.9% less than in the third …
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Press release No. 248 of 2 July 2020 Electricity production down 16.7% in April 2020 compared with a year earlier
In April 2020, a total of 36.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced in Germany and fed into the grid. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was a 16.7% decrease on April 2019. This means …
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Press release No. 189 of 28 May 2020 Electricity production in the 1st quarter of 2020: Wind power most important energy source for the first time
In the first quarter of 2020, a total of 72.3 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced from renewable energy sources and fed into the grid in Germany. For the first time, this was more than electricity produced from conventional energy …
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Press release No. 152 of 30 April 2020 New interactive map shows energy consumption in industrial areas
A new interactive map of the statistical offices of the Federation and the Länder for the first time shows energy consumption of industry in a breakdown by administrative district. Accounting for just under 30%, natural gas was the main energy …
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Press release No. 079 of 6 March 2020 Electricity production in the 4th quarter of 2019: coal-generated electricity down 23.2% on a year earlier
In the fourth quarter of 2019, a total of 141 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 4.6% decline on the fourth …
