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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 …
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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 …
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Press release No. 409 of 26 September 2022 Number of green jobs up 2.0% in 2020
In 2020, approximately 311,000 people (measured in full-time equivalents) in Germany had green jobs and produced goods and services to protect the environment. Compared with 2019, the number of green jobs rose by 6,000, or 2.0%, according to the …
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Press release No. 405 of 22 September 2022 Industry increases environmental investments by 3.6% in 2020
Enterprises in industry (excluding construction) invested just under 12.1 billion euros in environmental protection in Germany in 2020. That was 13.5% of their total investments. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that industry thus …
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Press release No. 293 of 11 July 2022 Environmental industry: protection of species and landscapes accounting for only 0.4% of total turnover in 2020
Establishments of the industry and service sectors in Germany generated a turnover of approximately 305 million euros in 2020 from goods, services and construction operations for the protection of species and landscapes. The Federal Statistical …
