2021
Germany
IS BURNING
Coal is the 2021
main power source
in Germany
Electricity generation in the 1st half of 2021
Twh
Electricity generation in the 1st half of 2021
Twh
258.9
Sources:
One billion tons calculations
Federal Statistical Office for Electricity Generation in the 1st half of 2021
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Potential emission reduction from mitigation measures
First the good news
That is 24.4 TWH from photovoltaics
With three times as many solar modules as in 2010
and 57.1 TWH from WIND power
Germany has the third largest wind power capacity in the world!
+ 32.2 TWH from nuclear power
After wind, nuclear power is our most important climate-friendly energy source
70.2 TWH come from coal
with emissions of
140,000,000
TONS of CO2 per year
That is enough to inflate 250,000,000 hot air balloons annually
and now the bad news ...
and it gets worse ...
Then come in the 1st half of 2023
~ 102.4 TWH
from coal
That's 40% of our electricity!
Due to the nuclear phase-out in 2021/2022
coal emissions grow to 200,000,000 tons of CO2 per year.
That's 375,000,000 Hess air balloons every year.
The extension of the service life of our 6 nuclear power plants
saves one billion tons of CO2 emissions by 2045
Coal phase-out BEFORE nuclear phase-out!
It's not too late yet
~ 1 billion tons of CO2
to avoid
Share and discuss
The paper on Germany's most effective climate protection measure:
Lower CO2 emissions and accelerate Germany's coal phase-out
avoided emissions in green and blue
by extending the service life of the 6 nuclear power plants:
Together they are one billion tons of CO2.
A billion tons are
a quarter of our CO2 budget
for the Paris climate goals
in Blau: Verbleibende CO2-Budgets laut Weltklimarat
in Grün: Vermiedene Emissionen durch
Laufzeitverlängerung der 6 Kernkraftwerke