Press release No. 090 of 9 March 2023
- Coal remained the main energy source in electricity production in Germany in 2022: 8.4% more coal-generated electricity fed into the grid than in 2021
- Photovoltaics provided almost as much electricity as natural gas: electricity production from natural gas down 11.3%, photovoltaics up 19.5%
- Electricity fed into the grid decreased by a total of 1.9% from the previous year
- Electricity imports from France down by 62%
WIESBADEN – As in the preceding years, coal was the main energy source in electricity production in Germany in 2022. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that one third (33.3%) of the electricity produced in Germany and fed into the grid was generated by coal-fired power plants (2021: 30.2%). This means that coal-generated electricity increased by 8.4% compared with the previous year. Wind power was the second most important energy source. After the previous year had been relatively windless, its share increased by 9.4% to just under one quarter (24.1%) of electricity production (2021: 21.6%). In total, 509 billion kilowatt hours of electricity were produced and fed into the grid in Germany in 2022. This was a decrease of 1.9% compared with 2021.
