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Natural Gas’s Crucial Baseload Role in Nuclear/Coal Phase
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out
Sources
: RWE: (BDEW Statisches Bundesamt (Feb. 2018)), Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Energiebilanzen e. V
. (May 2018)
Lignite (Coal)
23%
Bituminous (Coal)
14%
Nuclear
12%
Natural Gas
13%
Others
13%
Onshore Wind 13%
Offshore Wind 3%
Hydro 3%
Bio Mass
7%
PV
6%
Renewables*
32%
Power Consumption Sources
* Excludes Geothermal and Waste Incineration
** Includes Geothermal
and Waste Incineration
Petroleum
35%
Bituminous
(Coal)
11%
Lignite (Coal)
11%
Renewables
13%
Nuclear
6%
Natural Gas
24%
Primary
Energy
Sources
13,550
Pj
(Germany 2017)
655 Mrd.
k
Wh (Germany
2017)