Germany misses electricity savings targe • Table.Briefings

Before the turn of the year, Germany failed to meet the targets of an emergency regulation on electricity saving. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs has not answered whether another EU target for lower consumption peaks has also been missed.

Since November, electricity consumption in the EU states should have fallen by ten percent. In fact, electricity demand in Germany fell by only 7.6 percent in November and 4.4 percent in December. This was calculated by Europe.Table based on data from the Federal Network Agency.

Germany misses electricity savings target

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