Final energy consumption associated with buildings decreased by 17 % between 2008 and 2018.However, according to the 2010 Energy Concept, the indicator should be decreasing by 20 % between 2008 and 2020.This target is to be achieved with the help of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan and the Energy Efficiency Strategy for Buildings. read more
The share of renewable energies in electricity consumption increased from 6.3 % to 42.1 % between 2000 and 2019.The share of renewables in gross final energy consumption increased from 6.2 % (2004) to 17.1 % (2019).The target value of 35 % for 2020 for gross electricity consumption was already achieved in 2017. For gross final energy consumption, it is possible to achieve the 2020 target.For the y... read more
Energy efficiency can be measured using the indicator ‘final energy productivity’.Between 1990 and 2018, final energy productivity increased by approximately 61 %.The Federal Government plans to increase final energy productivity by 2.1 % every year.Between 2008 and 2018, the annual average growth has been 1.5 %, which is significantly below the target. read more
The volume of electricity generated by combined heat and power (CHP) has been increasing slowly, but steadily until 2017. The decrease in 2018 is due to a change in accounting for installations in energy statistics. The CHP Act stipulates that by 2020, 110 terawatt-hours (TWh) should be generated by CHP. By 2025 the target is 120 TWh.In 2016, the 2020 target has already been slightly exceeded... read more
Overall, primary energy consumption in Germany has been decreasing. Between 1990 and 2019, it fell by 14 %.By 2020, energy consumption should fall by 20 % compared to 2008, by 2030 by 30% and by 50 % by 2050. Since 2008 the energy consumption has fallen by an average of 1.0 % per year.The 2020 target will probably be missed by a significant margin. To achieve this goal, primary energy consumption... read more
The impact of climate change will be felt more strongly in the future – and in Germany too. This is the conclusion reached in what is called the vulnerability analysis, a comprehensive study on Germany's vulnerability to climate change.
