… Managing Director of the Cologne-based Institut für gewerbliche Wasserwirtschaft und Luftreinhaltung e.V. (IWL) , an industry self-help organisation concerned with …

… to live well. For another, the Russian offensive against Ukraine has made it abundantly clear how interconnected safety and energy supply are. If Germany is to … this, has stagnated in recent years. Renewable energies currently account for around 20 percent of Germany’s total gross final energy consumption. There is still a … This will also help us to reduce our energy dependency on Russia." Background paper on renewable energies in Germany (in German) UBA topic page “Renewable …

… power generation from renewable sources. Source: Martin Stallmann / Umweltbundesamt According to a UBA forecast, Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions were down … than five years previously, while in the heating sector, which accounts for around 50 percent of total energy consumption, the proportion of renewables (13.9 … protection. As UBA has calculated greenhouse gases with a climate impact of around 184 million tonnes of CO2 were avoided in 2018 through the replacement of fossil …