German Energy Demand Seen Sliding to Historic Low This Year
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Germany’s energy consumption stagnated or even slightly declined this year as Europe’s largest economy struggles to emerge from a prolonged slump, according to research group AG Energiebilanzen.The group estimated a 0.1% drop in demand to 10,553 petajoules (2,931 terawatt-hours) in 2025, which would be the lowest level since reunification, Energiebilanzen said in a statement. Without an increase in heating demand caused by colder weather, consumption would have slid 1.2%, it said.