Transport sector renewable energy consumption, Germany
Transport sector renewable energy consumption, Germany stood at 134.12 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 | 2,538.92 | 2,486.02 | 2,505.59 | 2,527.15 | 2,378.95 | 2,315.95 | 2,746.34 | 2,738.23 | 2,784.36 | 2,703.57 | |
| Renewable energy | 134.12 | 123 | 131.77 | 125.99 | 124.13 | 140.64 | 112.12 | 113.09 | 109.06 | 107.68 | |
| Other energy sources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Understanding transport sector renewable energy consumption, Germany
Biogenic fuels and direct sustainable energy carriers allocated to mobile transport applications form this total. Included within this scope are liquid biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol, whether consumed in pure form or blended into conventional motor fuels, as well as renewable biomethane supplied for traction. It differs from sibling lines for petroleum products and natural gas, which capture fossil components, and from the transport electricity line, which reports total electric current regardless of upstream generation sources. The row excludes renewable electricity used in electric vehicles, as that energy is accounted for under the electricity row in standard balance accounting.
Annual accounting aligns fuel volumes with standard energy conversion factors based on net calorific heating parameters. Initial reporting is often subject to retroactive adjustment as certified compliance declarations and blending quotas from fuel distributors are verified. Year-on-year evaluations offer the clearest perspective on regulatory blending mandates and fuel replacement, avoiding the noise of monthly distribution bottlenecks. Users should avoid confusing this final consumption entry with gross renewable energy shares reported under environmental compliance directives, which apply statistical multipliers and weighting mechanisms to specific transport modes.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series include the electricity consumed by battery electric vehicles that comes from green sources?
- No, electricity powering vehicles is accounted for entirely within the electricity row, while this series measures direct physical renewable fuels like biodiesel and biomethane.
- How are biofuels blended into commercial petrol and diesel treated here?
- The biogenic share of blended fuels is isolated and assigned to this renewable series, leaving the purely fossil portions in the respective petroleum rows.
- Why do final energy figures differ from regulatory renewable transport targets?
- Energy balance statistics report physical energy content in petajoules without applying policy-specific weighting factors or statistical multipliers used in regulatory compliance monitoring.