Energy

Energy consumption in million MWh/a

Fuel consumption at the production plants includes all the (mainly fossil) primary energy required for stationary combustion processes. This mainly comprises low-carbon natural gas for production processes and for generating technical heat and space heat in our boiler plants. Other feedstocks used include coal and propane.

Total energy consumption is calculated from a plant's fuel consumption plus externally purchased electricity and district heating. In this connection, the power stations, combined heat and power plants and boiler plants belonging to VW Kraftwerk GmbH are treated as external energy suppliers.

The slight increase in energy consumption in terms of both electricity and fuel consumption is directly related to the continuous increase in production output in the period under review.