Germany primary energy consumption, supply
Germany primary energy consumption, supply stood at 10,530.48 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total8 | 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 | |
| Hard coal | 721.21 | 773.65 | 860.05 | 1,142.41 | 1,112.02 | 895.78 | 1,084.23 | 1,428.16 | 1,502.08 | 1,693.07 | |
| Lignite | 749.22 | 809.45 | 894.67 | 1,167.93 | 1,126.94 | 957.74 | 1,162.96 | 1,480.54 | 1,507.3 | 1,510.7 |
Understanding germany primary energy consumption, supply
Total primary energy consumption quantifies the aggregate volume of energy required to satisfy all domestic inland demand, calculated from indigenous extraction plus physical imports minus physical exports, with further adjustments for stock changes and maritime bunkering. The balance encompasses energy inputs in their raw, unconverted state prior to processing in electricity stations, district heating facilities, or refineries. Unlike the individual fuel-specific rows beneath it, this figure unifies solid fossil fuels, petroleum, gaseous streams, nuclear fission, renewable sources, and cross-border electricity flows into a single common denominator measured in petajoules.
Because the figures are published annually, short-term heating and cooling seasons are consolidated into a twelve-month total, yet unusual annual weather conditions still distort year-on-year comparisons. Reliable evaluation requires checking whether figures are unadjusted or temperature-corrected via degree-day methods. Early releases rest on provisional monthly throughput indicators and customs declarations, undergoing revisions as annual corporate surveys become available. Analysts should never treat this primary supply total as a proxy for final energy consumption, since transformation losses in thermal generation and network transmission consume a large share of input energy before end users receive it.
Frequently asked questions
- Does total primary energy consumption equal the energy delivered to end consumers?
- No, it measures the gross energy entering the domestic energy system before transformation losses in power stations, refineries, and transport grids are deducted.
- How are electricity imports treated within this total figure?
- Physical cross-border exchanges are integrated on a net basis, where excess imports add to total primary consumption and excess exports subtract from it.
- Why do temperature corrections alter annual comparisons of this aggregate?
- Fluctuations in winter heating demand cause primary fuel intake to vary independently of underlying economic activity unless adjusted using heating degree days.