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German energy consumption has decreased three percent in the first three months of 2019, compared to the same period last year, writes energy market research group AG Energiebilanzen聽. Above-average temperatures in February and March meant Germany consumed less heating energy. Due to strong winds, power production from renewables increased significantly, so that total renewable energy consumption increased by 2 percent, compared to the first quarter 2018. Wind power also helped push hard coal out of the market, together with plant shut downs at the end of 2018, leading to a decrease of hard coal use by 15 percent. Lignite consumption fell 16 percent, due to increased renewable power generation, several plants put into Germany鈥檚 lignite reserve, and the effects of a court鈥檚 halt to the clearing of the embattled Hambach Forest on lignite mining, writes AGEB.

The data means that Germany continues its trend of decreasing energy use from 2018.聽Germany鈥檚 energy-related CO鈧� emissions dropped by more than six percent聽year-on-year as the country consumed 鈥渟ignificantly鈥� less energy in 2018, but with a greater share of renewables.