Germany gases input for electricity generation
Germany gases input for electricity generation stood at 621.4 PJ in 2025. It is one of the indicators in the Energy balance table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1990 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Energy balance table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,934.24 | 2,929.83 | 3,099.88 | 3,827.05 | 4,103.95 | 3,887.06 | 4,251.66 | 4,644.22 | 4,767.6 | 4,935.32 | |
| Gases1 | 621.4 | 598.46 | 563.91 | 584.87 | 674.7 | 696.16 | 670.6 | 624.39 | 645.86 | 612.78 | |
| Natural gas and petroleum gas | 549.85 | 519.81 | 484.48 | 502.24 | 582.55 | 611.97 | 577.41 | 524.23 | 540.08 | 507.3 |
Understanding germany gases input for electricity generation
Combustible gaseous fuels spanning natural gas, refinery gas, blast furnace gas, and coke oven gas utilized across electrical generation plants are aggregated under this heading. The metric captures the total energy content of all gaseous inputs fed into public thermal power stations, combined-cycle units, and industrial autoproduction turbines. It serves as an umbrella category within the transformation balance, sitting directly above the more specific natural and petroleum gas sub-row by incorporating manufactured industrial gases from steelmaking and coal carbonization. Excluded from this measure are gases channeled into district heating boilers or delivered straight to residential and manufacturing end users as final consumption.
Interpreting movements in gaseous power input requires tracking fuel substitutions driven by daily electricity dispatch merit orders and fluctuations in industrial manufacturing activity. Year-on-year analysis provides the most reliable perspective because winter space-heating demand impacts natural gas availability, whereas annual metrics reflect underlying structural additions or retirements of gas-fired capacity. Revisions occur routinely as provisional energy reporting from network operators is harmonized with thorough annual tax filings and industrial surveys. Users should not conflate total gas input with the electricity produced, because energy balance conventions report input on a net calorific basis before plant conversion efficiencies are deducted.
Frequently asked questions
- What distinguishes this total gases entry from the natural gas subcategory below it?
- This parent category encompasses manufactured gases like blast furnace gas and coke oven gas alongside natural gas and petroleum gas.
- How are waste gases from industrial steel plants recorded in this row?
- Recovered off-gases routed to on-site generation turbines or industrial power plants are included under this broad gaseous transformation heading.
- Are biogas and biomethane fed into power stations classified within this gases total?
- Biogas consumed for power is classified under renewable energy, whereas biomethane that has been upgraded and injected into the public gas grid is tracked here.