News from 2018-07-03 / KfW Research
How energy-efficient is Germany?
Germany is one of the G20 and EU-28 countries with the highest energy efficiency. Between 2000 and 2017 alone, total primary energy intensity for all of Germany – the relation of primary energy consumption to real GDP – dropped by nearly 25 %. Nevertheless, the decline in absolute primary energy consumption over the same period was relatively modest, at -6 %. Savings achieved by technical energy efficiency improvements and expansion of renewables were largely offset by higher energy consumption resulting from economic growth, higher traffic volume, changes in consumption patterns and population growth. Germany will have to significantly reduce energy consumption in absolute terms in order to meet its national climate targets.
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