Coal In Germany
Germany predominantly sources its energy from fossil fuels, followed by wind, nuclear power, solar, biomass (wood and biofuels) and hydro. The German economy is large and Developed country, developed, ranking List of countries by GDP (nominal), fourth in the world by nominal GDP. Germany is seventh in global primary energy consumption as of 2020. As of 2021, German primary energy consumption amounted to 12,193 Petajoule, with more than 75% coming from fossil sources, 6.2% from nuclear energy and 16.1% from renewables.https://www.bdew.de/media/documents/Jahresbericht_2021_korrigiert_19Jan2022.pdf In 2021 Germany's electricity production reached 553.9 TWh, down from 631.4 TWh in 2013. Key to Germany's energy policies and politics is the "Energiewende", meaning "energy turnaround" or "energy transformation". The policy includes nuclear phaseout, phasing out nuclear power by 2022, and progressive replacement of fossil fuels by renewables. The nuclear electricity production los ...
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