Press release 29/2022 from 15.06.2022 | Last changed: 04.07.2022
Germany’s 2021 emissions from power stations almost back to pre-pandemic levels
… emissions trading and in aviation for Germany in 2021 (VET Report 2021). After the economic downturn of 2020 triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery in … price increase for natural gas, which despite high CO₂ prices, made it more economical to use hard coal and lignite-fired power plants than natural gas plants. …