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A growing population and the economic boom pushed up Germany鈥檚 total energy use by almost one percent last year, but the country鈥檚 CO₂ emissions likely stagnated due to the rising share of renewables and an increase in gas use, according to energy market group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB). Energy-related CO₂ emissions 鈥渞ose marginally at most,鈥� according to AGEB鈥檚 press release. In its more detailed review of the past year, AGEB says emissions could have even decreased slightly 鈥渋n a best case scenario.鈥� The group had said in November that preliminary calculations suggested that emissions would 鈥渞ise slightly鈥� in 2017.

A strong rise in wind and solar power output pushed up renewable energy production by more than 6 percent, the AGEB calculations show. Gas consumption also rose by around 6 percent, because it was increasingly used for power generation. In contrast, hard coal use dropped by more than eleven percent, while lignite use decreased by a mere 0.6 percent.

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