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Electricity Demand in 🇩🇪 Germany

Germany's electricity demand is a dynamic and vital component of its energy landscape. It reflects the nation's growing need for electrical power to support various sectors, including residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation. Over the years, Germany has witnessed significant shifts in electricity demand due to various factors such as population growth, urbanization, and technological advancements.

  • In 2022, Germany's electricity demand decreased by -1.3%
  • In total, Germany used 555.46 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2022.
  • Demand increased with a total of -7.31 MWh in 2022, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, Germany's demand for electricity has increased with -3.46%

Electricity Demand in Germany (2000-2022)

Between the year 2000 and 2022 the electricity demand in Germany has grown from 575.36 TW to 555.46 TW, an increase of consumed Terawatt hours by -3.46% in a 22 year time period.

Year TW YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 575.36 %
2001 585.55 10.19 1.77%
2002 591.96 6.41 1.09%
2003 599.27 7.31 1.23%
2004 607.66 8.39 1.4%
2005 608.84 1.18 0.19%
2006 612.83 3.99 0.66%
2007 615.75 2.92 0.48%
2008 613.1 -2.65 -0.43%
2009 576.67 -36.43 -5.94%
2010 609.69 33.02 5.73%
2011 601.4 -8.29 -1.36%
2012 599.85 -1.55 -0.26%
2013 598.96 -0.89 -0.15%
2014 586.07 -12.89 -2.15%
2015 592.29 6.22 1.06%
2016 592.45 0.16 0.03%
2017 593.55 1.1 0.19%
2018 583.98 -9.57 -1.61%
2019 566.82 -17.16 -2.94%
2020 548.23 -18.59 -3.28%
2021 562.77 14.54 2.65%
2022 555.46 -7.31 -1.3%

Electricity Demand vs Electricity Consumption

It's important to not conflate the two, electircity demnad represents how much electricity an entity, country or region need in a moment of time. While electricity consumption represents how much electricity is used over a period of time. Electricity demand is measured in kilowatt (kW) while electricity consumption is measured as kilowatt-hours (kWh).

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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