Energy use in the city of Berlin
General
Total population: 3,723,914 ()
Predicted growth: expected to move to the city by 2030. From 2011 to 2016 . In 2017, this was down to about 40,000.
Households:
Surface area:
Disposable income: , the average Berlin disposable income per person stood at 19,719 euros in 2016, around 10 percent below the national average.
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Energy mix
1. Primary energy use by energy source in 2015:
Berlin consumed 263.2 petajoules (PJ) in 2015, which made up two percent of Germany鈥檚 total primary energy consumption.
3. Fuel use for district heat generation in 2015:
Berlin's district heating network is the third largest in .
Emissions
Coal (lignite and hard coal) 30.5 percent of total CO鈧� emissions from primary energy consumption, with mineral oil making up 41.5 percent and gas another 26.9 percent.
With 4.7 tonnes of C02 emissions per person in 2015, 叠别谤濒颈苍鈥檚 per capita emissions are around half the level of Germany as a whole (9.1 tonnes per capita).
Transport
叠别谤濒颈苍鈥檚 of the capital鈥檚 CO鈧� emissions.
Car ownership: With has a far lower rate than Germany鈥檚 other large cities.
Number of electric cars: 3,037 (source: Zulassungsbeh枚rde Berlin, 10.2018)
Number of electric buses: 5, plus 30 more have been ordered for spring 2019, according to public transport operator BVG
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Political goals
Berlin aims to be climate neutral by 2050. It defines climate-neutral as limiting total urban carbon dioxide emissions to 4.4 million tonnes per year 鈥� a reduction of about 85 percent compared to 1990 levels.
How does Berlin define climate neutrality?
鈥淎 city can be regarded as 鈥榗limate-neutral鈥� if its greenhouse gas emissions can keep global warming below the dangerous threshold of 2掳C 鈥� assuming a world population of 9 billion people by 2050, each endowed with the same per-capita emission rights of 2 metric tonnes of CO鈧� equivalents (life-cycle based). 叠别谤濒颈苍鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions consist mainly of CO鈧� (98 %). Given these conditions, Berlin could become climate-neutral if total urban carbon dioxide emissions can be limited to 4.4 million tonnes by 2050 鈥� a reduction of about 85 % compared to 1990 levels. However, absorption capacities of greenhouse gases by the bio-sphere (鈥榮inks鈥�), as well as emissions embodied in products and infrastructure should also be considered. While current CO鈧� statistics often ignore these, the target value of 4.4 million t CO鈧� accounts for them.鈥� ()
En route to this target it has set the milestones of a 40 percent CO2 reduction by 2020 and a 60 percent CO2 reduction by 2030.
