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Appendix B

Standard Report Sheet of Electricity Mix Germany
(UBA 2000, Materials p. 179ff) Historic example, only for
illustrative purposes

6. Energy supply
6.1 Electricity grids
6.1.1 Electricity grid Germany

No. Topic Explanation
A General
A1 Name of unit process Electricity Germany
A2 Practitioner Achim Schorb
ifeu-Institut
Wilckensstr. 3
69120 Heidelberg
A3 Date 12.11.1998
B Process specification
B1 Functional unit 1 kJ energy, electric
B2 Synonyms
B3 Technical description Energy supply via public electricity grid, Germany. The
power plant mix for 1996 was modelled after being
simplified according to gross electricity generation 1996
(AGE, 1997) as follows:
Nuclear energy 30.0%
Lignite 26.0%
Hard coal 28.0%
Water power 4.5%
Natural gas 9.5%
Crude oil 2.0%

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