Germany energy report

• Germany intends to reduce GHG emissions by 55% in 2030 and to increase the share of renewables in final consumption to 30%.
• All nuclear plants will be shut down by 2022.
• In addition, the country plans to phase out coal by 2038 and to reach GHG neutrality by 2050.
• The energy market is concentrating: in 2019, RWE and E.ON swapped assets and the two largest oil producers, Wintershall and DEA, merged.
• Eleven nuclear power plants have been shut down since 2011 and 5 GW of coal and lignite capacity since 2016.The capacity of wind and solar exceeds 100 GW (number 3 in the world for both wind and solar).
• The average electricity price for households is more than twice as high as the industrial price and 40% above the EU average.
• Total energy consumption has decreased by 1.2%/year since 2016. The share of renewables is growing continuously (16% in 2019, up from 9% in 2010), while coal and lignite consumption decreased by 20% in 2019.
• Interconnection and transmission projects attract a large part of the investments.
• Wind represents most of the new power capacity.
• Two LNG import plants are planned.

• Institutions & Energy Policy

  The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) oversees the country's energy policy and supervises the energy sector.

  The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMU) is responsible for the climate policies and the nuclear sector.

• Energy Supply

  Oil:

  Germany relies on imports for more than 95% of its crude oil supply with a production of 3.3 Mt in 2019. The country imported 86 Mt of crude oil in 2019. The country's main suppliers of crude oil are Russia (31% in 2019) and the Netherlands (10% in 2019).

• Energy Prices

  Oil:

  Gasoline and diesel prices are mainly driven by international crude oil prices and are in line with the EU averages: in 2020 prices decreased by 2% on average, after remaining stable in 2019. Previously, gasoline and diesel prices increased by 12% and 20% between 2016 and 2018.

• Energy Consumption

  Per capita consumption is 3.6 toe (2019). Per capita electricity consumption is 6 200 kWh; it has been decreasing by 1.3%/year since 2012.

  Germany is the largest energy consumer in Europe. Total consumption decreased by 1.2%/year between 2016 and 2019 to 296 Mtoe.

  Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)

• Issues & Prospects

  Electricity:

  According to BnetzA's latest Network Development Plan 2019-2030, the electricity consumption is expected to decrease by 1% in 2025, compared with 2017. In 2030, net electricity consumption, under the central modelling scenario, should be 3% higher than in 2017.

• GENERAL OVERVIEW
• INSTITUTIONS AND ENERGY POLICY
• ENERGY SUPPLY
• ENERGY PRICES
• ENERGY CONSUMPTION
• ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
• DATA TABLES
• ABBREVIATIONS
• GLOSSARY

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Below is a list of the Germany energy market report graphs:

• GRAPH 1: CO₂-energy emissions (MtCO₂)
• GRAPH 2: Installed electric capacity by source (2019, %)
• GRAPH 3: Gross power production by source (TWh)
• GRAPH 4: Power generation by source (2019, %)
• GRAPH 5: Gasoline & diesel prices (€/l)
• GRAPH 6: Electricity prices for industry and households (€c/kWh)
• GRAPH 7: Gas prices for industry and households (€c/kWh GCV)
• GRAPH 8: Consumption trends by energy source (Mtoe)
• GRAPH 9: Total consumption market share by energy (2019, %)
• GRAPH 10: Final consumption market share by sector (2019, %)
• GRAPH 11: Oil consumption (Mt)
• GRAPH 12: Oil consumption breakdown by sector (2019, %)
• GRAPH 13: Electricity consumption (TWh).
• GRAPH 14: Electricity consumption breakdown by sector (2019, %)
• GRAPH 15: Natural gas consumption (bcm)
• GRAPH 16: Gas consumption breakdown by sector (2019, %)
• GRAPH 17: Coal consumption (Mt)
• GRAPH 18: Coal consumption breakdown by sector (2019, %)

In the Germany energy market report you will find the following tables:

The Germany energy market data since 1990 and up to 2019 is included in the Excel file accompanying the Germany country report.
It showcases the historical evolution, allowing users to easily work with the data.

Key Data included in the excelsheet:

• Economic indicators: Annual historical economic indicators, energy security, energy efficiency and CO₂ emissions.
• Supply indicators: Annual historical reserves, capacity, production and external trade (imports(+) exports(-) balance).
• Demand indicators: Annual historical consumption per capita, consumption trends, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector) and electricity consumption total and per sector.
• Energy Balance: total and per energy.
• Germany Energy Prices: In addition to the analysis provided on the report we also provided a data set which includes historical details on the Germany energy prices for the follow items: price of premium gasoline (taxes incl.), price of diesel (taxes incl.), price of electricity in industry (taxes incl.), price of electricity for households (taxes incl.), price of natural gas in industry (taxes incl.), prices of natural gas for households (taxes incl.), spot price of Brent and CO₂ emissions (from fuel combustion).