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1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany 2012 Graphics and tables Version: February 2013 Based on statistical data from the Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat) This presentation may be used for informational purposes if the source is being mentioned. It is, however, not permissible to make any changes to the presentation. In case of publication please send a specimen copy free of charge to division BMU - E I 1. In case of online publication please send an exact link via to: EI1@bmu.bund.de. BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

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4 Contribution of renewable energy sources to energy supply and greenhouse gas emission reductions in Germany in 2012 in total final energy consumption in total gross electricity consumption in total heat supply in total fuel consumption 1) in total primary energy consumption 2) Greenhouse gas emissions avoided via use of renewable energy sources in Germany 2012 GHG-emissions RE-electricity with EEG remuneration Share of renewable energy sources [%] [mill. t] approx. 146 approx. 81 1) Basis until 2002: motor fuel consumption by road traffic; from 2003: total consumption of motor fuel, excluding jet fuel, military and inland waterway shipping; 2) Calculated by the physical energy content method, after Working Group on Energy Balances e.v. (AGEB); Source: BMU - E I 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat) and Federal Environment Agency (UBA); deviations in the totals are due to rounding; as at: February 2013; all figures provisional BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

5 Contribution of renewable energy sources to energy supply and greenhouse gas emission reductions in Germany in 2012 Electricity Heat Hydropower 21.2 Biomass (total) Wind energy 46.0 therefrom: onshore 45.3 solid biomass offshore 0.7 liquid biomass, vegetable oil included 2.7 Photovoltaics Biomass (total) therefrom: solid biomass liquid biomass, vegetable oil included biogas sewage gas landfill gas biogenic fraction of waste Geothermal energy Total electricity [TWh = 1 billion kwh] biogas sewage gas landfill gas biogenic fraction of waste Solar thermal energy Deep geothermal energy Near surface geothermal energy, ambient heat Total heat Biogenic motor fuels Biodiesel (approx mill. t) Vegetable oil (approx mill. t) Bioethanol (approx mill. t) Biogenic motor fuels (total) [TWh = 1 billion kwh] [TWh = 1 billion kwh] Total final energy from renewable energy sources Source: BMU - E I 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat); deviations in the totals are due to rounding; as at: February 2013; all figures provisional BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

6 Greenhouse gas emissions avoided via use of renewable energy sources in Germany 2012 Avoidance of GG emissions [mill. t] Electricity generation RE-electricity with EEG remuneration approx. 81 Heat generation 40.0 Biogenic motor fuel generation 4.7 Total Source: BMU - E I 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat) and Federal Environment Agency (UBA); EEG: Renewable Energy Sources Act; GG: Greenhouse gas; deviations in the totals are due to rounding; as at: February 2013; all figures provisional BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

7 Renewable energy shares of energy supply in Germany Renewables as a share of total final energy consumption (FEC) Electricity generation (in relation to total gross electricity consumption) Heat supply (in relation to total heat supply) Fuel consumption 1) (in relation to total fuel consumption) [%] ,8 6,7 7,8 7,5 9,2 10,1 11,6 14,3 15,1 16,4 17,1 20, ,9 4,2 4,3 5,0 5,5 6,0 6,2 7,4 7,6 8,9 10,3 10, ,4 0,6 0,9 1,4 1,8 3,7 6,3 7,4 6,0 5,4 5,8 5,5 5.5 Renewables as a share of total FEC ,9 4,1 4,5 5,0 5,9 6,9 8,0 9,5 9,3 10,2 11,3 12, Primary energy consumption (PEC) [%] Renewables as a share of PEC 2) ) Basis until 2002: motor fuel consumption by road traffic; from 2003: total consumption of motor fuel, excluding jet fuel, military and inland waterway shipping; 2) Calculated by the physical energy content method, according to Working Group on Energy Balances e.v. (AGEB); Source: BMU - E I 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat); as at: February 2013; all figures provisional BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

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12 Development of renewables-based electricity generation in Germany since 1990 Hydropower 1) Wind energy onshore Wind energy offshore Biomass 2) Photovoltaics Geothermal energy Total electricity generation Share of gross electricity consumption [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [%] , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,747 1,500 2, , ,340 2,032 2, , ,453 2,966 2, , ,452 4,489 3, , ,686 5,528 3, , ,867 9,513 4, , ,241 10,509 5, , ,662 15,786 6, , ,722 18,713 8, , ,910 25,509 10, , ,576 27,229 14,025 1, , ,042 30,710 18,685 2, , ,169 39,713 24,281 3, , ,446 40,574 27,531 4, , ,036 38, ,341 6, , ,956 37, ,866 11, , ,674 48, ,603 19, , ,200 45, ,850 28, , ) In case of pumped storage power plants: only electricity generation from natural inflow; 2) Solid and liquid biomass, biogas, sewage and landfill gas; until 1998: only feed-in to the general supply grid; figures from 2003 also include industrial electricity production from liquid biomass including vegetable oil; 3) Fraction of biogenic waste estimated at 50 %; Source: BMU - E I 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat); as at: February 2013; all figures provisional BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

13 Installed capacity for renewables-based electricity generation in Germany since 1990 Hydropower Wind energy onshore Wind energy offshore Biomass * Photovoltaics Geothermal energy Total capacity [MW] [MW] [MW] [MW] [MW p ] [MW] [MW] , , , , , , , , , , ,595 1, , ,510 1, , ,525 2, , ,601 2, , ,523 4,435 1, , ,538 6,097 1, , ,538 8,750 1, , ,785 11,989 1, , ,934 14,604 1, , ,819 16,623 2,527 1, , ,115 18,390 3,561 2, , ,083 20,579 4,322 2, , ,169 22,194 4,943 4, , ,138 23,826 5,510 6, , ,151 25, ,156 10, , ,395 27, ,594 17, , ,401 28, ,324 25, , ,400 31, ,647 32, ,017 Notes: Until the end of 1999, the figures for the installed electrical capacity of biomass installations include only "power plants for the general public supply" and "other parties feeding in renewablesbased electricity". In each case the information on installed capacity relates to the figure at the end of the year. * Solid and liquid biomass, biogas, landfill and sewage gas; Source: BMU - E I 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat); as at: February 2013; all figures provisional BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

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23 Heat supply from renewable energy sources in Germany since 1990 Solid Biomass 1) Liquid Biomass Gaseous Biomass 2) Solar thermal energy 3) Geothermal energy, ambient heat 4) Total heat generation Share of heat consumption [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [%] , ,515 32, , ,517 32, , ,522 32, , ,530 32, , ,537 32, , ,540 32, , ,551 32, , ,569 50, , , ,604 55, , ,263 1,026 1,645 57, , ,355 1,261 1,694 57, , ,353 1,587 1,765 64, , ,438 1,884 1,855 64, , ,480 2,144 1,956 76, ,072 1,446 1,548 2,443 2,086 83, ,010 3,638 1,790 2,778 2,294 89, ,416 4,681 2,837 3,218 2,762 93, ,434 5,674 4,345 3,638 3,415 98, ,761 7,641 9,751 4,134 4, , ,888 4,311 10,036 4,733 4, , ,084 7,974 15,351 5,200 5, , ,122 3,783 11,158 5,600 6, , ,850 2,700 12,640 6,050 7, , Notes concerning solid and liquid biomass, biogas, landfill and sewage gas: Survey method modified in 1996/1997; from 2003 onwards, unlike previous years, the figures are based on Sections 3 and 5 (CHP and heating plants) and Section 8 (industry) of the Energy Statistics Act of 2003, and heat utilisation in sewage gas plants. 1) incl. biogenic fraction of waste in waste incineration plants, which is taken as 50%. The increase in the heat sector in 2009 compared with the year before is due to first-time inclusion of newly available data. This is a statistical adjustment which does not permit any conclusions about the actual expansion of use; 2) Biogas, sewage and landfill gas; 3) Takes into account decommissioning of old plants; 4) Including heat from deep geothermal energy and renewable heat from heat pumps (air/water, water/water and brine/water heat pumps); Source: BMU - E I 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat); as at: February 2013; all figures provisional BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

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32 Motor fuel supply from renewable energy sources in German since 1990 Biodiesel Vegetable oil Bioethanol Total biogenic motor fuels generation Share of fuel consumption 1) [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [GWh] [%] N/A N/A , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,570 2,047 1,763 22, ) 29,062 7,426 3,792 40, ,239 8,748 3,437 46, ,810 4,192 4,673 36, ,086 1,044 6,673 32, , ,713 35, , ,091 34, ) 24, ,205 33, ) Basis until 2002: motor fuel consumption by road traffic; from 2003: total consumption of motor fuel, excluding jet fuel, military and inland waterway shipping; 2) The biodiesel figure for 2006 also includes vegetable oil. AGQM and UFOP show a biodiesel consumption of 25,800 GWh for ) Biogenic motor fuels 2012: Biodiesel: 2,341,000 tons; 2,6518 Mill. Liter, Vegentable oil: 25,000 tons; 27 Mill. Liter, Bioethanol: 1,249,000 tons; 1,573 Mill. Liter; Source: BMU - E I 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat) based on the figures provided by Federal Agency for Economy and Export Control (BAFA); N/A = not available; as at: February 2013; all figures provisional BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

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41 Data Service: Information on Renewable Energy Sources including documents of the BMU, press statements, research findings and publications BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

42 Sources: Working-Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat) Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden Wuerttemberg (ZSW) Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Federal Statistical Office (StBA) Federal Office of Economy and Export Control (BAFA) Federal Net Agency (BNetzA) Working-Group on Energy Balances (AGEB) Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.v. Berlin (DIW Berlin) Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) Institute for Economic Structures Research (GWS) Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum ggmbh (DBFZ) Institut für neue Energien (IfnE, Teltow) Fachagentur für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.v. (FNR) Institute for Applied Ecology Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft e.v. (BSW) Bundesverband Wärmepumpe e.v. (BWP) Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.v. (BDEW) Deutscher Energie-Pellet-Verband e.v. (DEPV) Deutsches Windenergie-Institut (DEWI GmbH) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.v. (DLR) German Wind Energy Association (BWE) Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Imprint: Published by: Editors: Expert Contributors: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation an Nuclear Safety Strategic and Economic Aspects of the Energiewende (E I 1) Berlin EI1@bmu.bund.de Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Dieter Böhme BMU, Division E I 1 (Strategic and Economic Aspects of the Energiewende) Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Nieder, Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Thorsten Rüther, Dr. Peter Bickel, Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden Wuerttemberg (ZSW) Stuttgart Published: February 2013 BMU - E I 1 Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in

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