Germany primary energy consumption of gases
Germany primary energy consumption of gases stood at 2,805.87 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 | 10,530.48 | 10,570.98 | 10,658.19 | 11,710.8 | 12,477.03 | 11,904.68 | 12,833.2 | 13,202.38 | 13,537.79 | 13,519.24 | |
| Gases1 | 2,805.87 | 2,732.88 | 2,626.23 | 2,727.19 | 3,309.81 | 3,144.53 | 3,220.36 | 3,098.06 | 3,166.9 | 3,067.85 | |
| Natural gas and petroleum gas | 2,804.02 | 2,727.5 | 2,620.7 | 2,720.93 | 3,302.57 | 3,135.87 | 3,214.12 | 3,090.51 | 3,158.6 | 3,055.87 |
Understanding germany primary energy consumption of gases
Covering all gaseous energy commodities across the domestic economy, this line item combines pipeline natural gas, liquefied petroleum gases, and manufactured industrial gas streams. The accounting boundary covers indigenous extraction, net cross-border pipeline and maritime receipts, and net adjustments to underground storage caverns. This parent row differs from its immediate child row by including secondary industrial gases generated during metallurgical and coking operations, such as blast furnace gas, converter gas, and coke oven gas, rather than isolating methane and petroleum fractions alone.
Annual totals aggregate seasonal space-heating surges, but broad temperature fluctuations between calendar years continue to drive substantial variation in recorded volumes. Initial figures rely on transmission network operator flow logs and border metering points, which undergo subsequent adjustments as distribution utility billings and industrial auto-generation accounts are audited. Comparing annual periods requires separating power plant gas dispatch from household heating and industrial furnace consumption. A key pitfall is ignoring underground storage injections and withdrawals, which can cause physical gas imports to deviate substantially from actual inland primary consumption during a given calendar year.
Frequently asked questions
- What manufactured gases are captured in this broad gaseous total?
- In addition to natural gas, the series includes industrial off-gases such as blast furnace gas, coke oven gas, and converter gas produced during steelmaking.
- How do underground gas storage caverns affect this primary consumption metric?
- Net injections into storage are treated as additions to stock and deducted from primary consumption, whereas net withdrawals from storage increase the primary consumption total.
- How does this parent category differ from the natural and petroleum gas row?
- This aggregate incorporates manufactured and industrial byproduct gases, while the child row restricts its scope strictly to natural gas and petroleum gas.