Consumers in Germany used significantly less gas in the first five months of this year than in the same period last year.
Nationwide, consumption between January and May was around 460 billion kilowatt hours of gas, as reported by the Federal Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) on Thursday. That was 14.3 percent less than in the first five months of the previous year.
In addition to the mild weather in spring, the high gas prices are also a major reason for this, it said. Because even adjusted for temperature effects, the decline compared to the previous year was still almost 6.5 percent according to the association.
“The decline in May was particularly clear: Consumption here was more than a third lower than in May 2021,” the BDEW further announced. “Appeals to save energy or personally motivated savings effects play a role.”
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