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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. 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. 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. 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 …