Renewables supply 14 pct of German power: industry

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Renewables supply 14 pct of German power: industry

Tue Jan 8, 2008 3:19pm GMT

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Renewable energy made up more than 14 percent of Germany's power consumption in 2007, up from almost 12 percent in 2006, with wind as the main contributor, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) said on Tuesday.

Energy derived from wind, solar, water, biomass and thermal heat accounted for 9 percent of Germany's total primary energy consumption last year, reducing the country's CO2 emissions by 115 million tones, the association said.

While growth of renewable energy production was stronger in Germany than anywhere else in the world, the association cautioned that government plans to cut support for the industry may hamper future growth.

The BEE referred to the effects of higher taxation for biofuels, which took its toll on the sector's growth last year as its share of Germany's overall fuel consumption rose only slightly to 7 percent from 6.6 percent in 2006.

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