Press release 07/2021 from 15.03.2021 | Last changed: 16.06.2021
Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.7 percent in 2020
… Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for the Environment Germany's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.7 percent in 2020 Positive trend of recent years continues … electricity (-23 million tonnes). Emissions from the generation of electricity using hard coal fell by 13 million tonnes of CO 2 , despite the commissioning of the … than gas-fired power plants, which emit less CO 2 . Renewable energies were also used more than in previous years, accounting for 45 percent of gross electricity …