Germany’s Natural Gas Consumption Rose by 3.3% in 2024

Germany’s natural gas demand rose by 3.3% in 2024, due to lower prices compared to last year, preliminary estimates by the association of the German utilities, BDEW, showed on Wednesday. Despite subdued economic growth, the German industry raised its natural gas consumption this year from very low levels seen in 2023, the industry group said. Natural gas sales to the industry rose by 5.8% in 2024 from a year earlier, and sales for gas-fired power generation increased by 1.9%, BDEW said. Norway, Western Europe’s top oil and gas producer,…