Share of hours with negative wholesale electricity prices vs Fossil CO2 emissions in Germany
In 2024, share of hours with negative wholesale electricity prices in Germany was 5%; fossil CO2 emissions was 572.3 million tonnes.
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Germany, annual figures, spaced by time from 2023 to 2024 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Share of hours with negative wholesale electricity prices
Unit: % · 2 observations
Fossil CO2 emissions
Unit: million tonnes · 2 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Share of hours with negative wholesale electricity prices | Fossil CO2 emissions |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3% IEA | 593.8 million tonnes GCP |
| 2024 | 5% IEA | 572.3 million tonnes GCP |
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Share of hours with negative wholesale electricity prices
The proportion of total hours in a period during which wholesale electricity prices fall below zero.
2 observations charted in Germany · source organisations: IEA
Fossil CO2 emissions
Annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes (such as cement manufacture).
2 observations charted in Germany (of 35 annual records) · source organisations: GCP
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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