Status: 09/07/2022 09:29 am
The consequences of the energy crisis are clearly reflected in the German electricity mix. In the first half of the year, almost half of the electricity generated came from renewable energies. But the share of coal-fired power plants also increased significantly.
In the first half of 2022, the share of electricity generated by coal-fired power plants in Germany rose to almost a third. The proportion of fossil fuels rose by 4.3 percentage points to 31.4 percent compared to the same period last year, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office.
Share of renewables at 48.5 percent
Wind power and photovoltaics also increased significantly, so that all renewable energy sources together accounted for 48.5 percent of electricity generation. In the first half of 2021, this share was 43.8 percent. Gas generation, on the other hand, declined. The share of gas-fired power plants in the electricity mix fell by 2.7 percentage points to 11.7 percent.
Due to the shutdown of three nuclear power plants, the production share of nuclear energy was only 6.0 percent after 12.4 percent a year earlier.
Overall, the amount of electricity produced domestically and fed into the grid in the first half of the year increased by 1.3 percent compared to the same period last year to a total of 263.2 billion kilowatt hours.
Export surplus with France
Between January and June, significantly more electricity was again exported than imported. For the first time since statistics began in 1990, Germany exported more electricity to France than was imported in the opposite direction. This is a consequence of the current problems in many French nuclear power plants.