01 Feb 2018

German electricity supply security remains very high – economy ministry

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) / Pentalateral Energy Forum

The security of electricity supply in Germany continues to be at a high level, also thanks to the integration of the country’s power grid with neighbouring countries, writes the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) in a press release. A report by the Pentalateral Energy Forum showed that the probability that Germany can fully meet demand at any moment in the analysed periods (2018-2019 and 2023-2024) was nearly 100 percent. The report underlined that supply security had to be evaluated from a cross-border perspective, said Rainer Baake, state secretary in the BMWi. The Pentalateral Energy Forum is the framework for regional cooperation in central western Europe (AT-BE-DE-FR-LU-NL-CH) towards improved electricity market integration and security of supply.

Find the BMWi press release in German here, and the energy forum report in English here.

For background, read the factsheet Germany's electricity grid stable amid energy transition.

All texts created by the Clean Energy Wire are available under a “Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0)” . They can be copied, shared and made publicly accessible by users so long as they give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

German electricity supply security remains very high – economy ministry

Lower-than-expected electricity demand in Germany could cut grid expansion costs - report

Shipping green hydrogen to Germany is unviable strategy for basic industry decarbonisation - report

Electricity grid upgrades will cost Germany 650 billion euros by 2045 - report

Germany to focus on geothermal energy, skilled workers at African business summit

German grid agency explores lowering connection costs for batteries, electrolysers in renewable-rich areas