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A step backwards for the energy transition: coal was the most important source of electricity in 2021

2022-03-18T16:09:25.929Z


A step backwards for the energy transition: coal was the most important source of electricity in 2021 Created: 03/18/2022, 16:56 By: Delia Friess In 2021, the share of renewable energies for power generation decreased again. Coal, on the other hand, was the most important electricity supplier. Wiesbaden – It is a step backwards for the energy transition: In Germany, conventional energy sources


A step backwards for the energy transition: coal was the most important source of electricity in 2021

Created: 03/18/2022, 16:56

By: Delia Friess

In 2021, the share of renewable energies for power generation decreased again.

Coal, on the other hand, was the most important electricity supplier.

Wiesbaden – It is a step backwards for the energy transition: In Germany, conventional energy sources were the most important electricity suppliers in 2021, as the Federal Statistical Office announced on Thursday (03/17/2022).

According to the agency’s analysis, coal in particular was the most important electricity supplier in 2021.

The share of renewable energies, on the other hand, declined.

In total, almost 518 billion kilowatt hours of electricity were fed into the grid in 2021.

That was 2.6 percent more electricity than in 2020, but 3.1 percent less than in 2019 – the year before Corona*.

2021

2020

conventional energies

57.6

52.9

- of which coal

30.2

24.8

- of which natural gas

12.6

13.7

- of which nuclear power

12.6

12.1

Renewable energy

42.4

47.1

-wind power

21.5

25.2

Source: Federal Statistical Office

Electricity use 2021: Renewable energies are the most important energy sources - share of coal increased


According to this, 57.6 percent of the electricity generated in Germany and fed into the power grid in 2021 came from conventional energies.

In the previous year it was 52.9 percent.

Coal was the most important energy source for electricity generation in Germany in 2021 and, at 24.9 percent, also recorded the highest increase compared to the previous year.

Around 60 percent of the coal-fired electricity in Germany comes from lignite and around 40 percent from hard coal.

The demand for lignite is therefore "largely covered by domestic production", the demand for hard coal by imports.

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Jänschwalde lignite-fired power plant of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG) before sunset.

© Patrick Pleul/dpa

Energy transition: Renewable energies declined significantly in 2021


In the case of renewables, the electricity feed-in from wind power decreased “significantly” by 13.3 percent, as the Federal Office further explained.

This is “particularly due to the spring of 2021, which was less windy than in the previous year”.

As a result, electricity from wind power only accounted for 21.5 percent of the amount of electricity fed into the grid.

In 2020, wind power was the most important energy source in electricity generation for the first time, with a share of 25.2 percent.

In contrast, the electricity feed-in from photovoltaics fell only slightly by 0.5 percent to a share of 8.7 percent in 2021.

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Currently in focus due to the Ukraine conflict: Natural gas was used less as an energy source in 2021


The share of natural gas in electricity generation, which is currently the focus of particular attention due to the Ukraine conflict* and the attack by Russia* on Ukraine*, was 12.6 percent in 2021 - after 13.7 percent in 2020. The decline was particularly strong in the second half of the year.

Nuclear power: The proportion of electricity fed into the grid from nuclear power rose slightly


The electricity feed-in from nuclear power increased compared to 2020 to a share of 12.6 percent of the total amount of electricity fed into the grid.

In 2020 it was 12.1 percent.

"At the end of 2021, however, three of the six nuclear power plants that had been in operation up to that point were shut down as part of the phase-out of nuclear energy," emphasized the statistical office.

Therefore, the proportion will decrease significantly.

The amount of electricity imported increased in 2021 – the most important electricity supplier is France

The amount of electricity imported into Germany rose by 7.7 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year and, at 51.7 billion kilowatt hours, amounted to exactly one tenth of domestic production.

As in previous years, France was the most important electricity supplier.

The amount of electricity exported from Germany increased by 5.0 percent compared to the previous year.

With 70.3 billion kilowatt hours or 13.6 percent of the electricity fed into the domestic grid, Germany continued to export more electricity than it imported.

Concerns about a stop in Russian gas supplies remain high.

Economics Minister Robert Habeck* (Greens*) is therefore trying to open up further gas sources on the world market.

Energy experts like Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research criticize that the energy transition has been delayed.*

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(df/AFP)

*fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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