CO2-footprint of MPCDF
Information about power consumption at MPCDF
MPCDF receives its electricity through the Max Planck Institut for Plasmaphysics (IPP).
The IPP-contracts with the electricity providers usually run over a period of three years,
i.e. from 2015 to 2017, from 2018 to 2020, from 2021 to 2023, and currently from 2024 to 2026.
(details see at the end of the page)
Table of Energy Consumption by Year and CO2 footprint *
| Year |
Energy Consumption
[GWh] |
HPC
[%] |
HPC-Efficiency
***
[core-h/kWh]
|
CO
2
of previous year
[g/kWh] or [t/GWh] |
Total CO
2
-Emission
[t]
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 |
~8.83
|
407
**
|
~3,600
|
||
| 2024 |
37.4816
|
45.8
|
147.7
|
407
|
15,255.0
|
| 2023 |
40.9133
|
55.9
|
101.8
|
219
|
8,960.0
|
| 2022 |
42.8758
|
60.9
|
94.1
|
239
|
9,861.4
|
| 2021 |
41.2314
|
59.5
|
86.3
|
199
|
8,205.0
|
| 2020 |
36.9216
|
60.4
|
68.6
|
276
|
10,190.5
|
| 2019 |
31.5842
|
58.7
|
72.5
|
303
|
9,570.0
|
| 2018 |
28.3808
|
58.8
|
69.2
|
289
|
8,202.1
|
| 2017 |
23.8052
|
50.9
|
76.9
|
383
|
9,117.3
|
| 2016 |
21.6220
|
47.6
|
80.4
|
380
|
8,216.4
|
| 2015 |
19.7659
|
46.3
|
77.6
|
447
|
8,835.4
|
* Since only the numbers of the previous year are easily and timely available, these numbers are taken to calculate the CO2 footprint of MPCDF computing resources in each year.
** Number of pre-previous year. Numbers of previous year available earliest by November.
*** The value for the HPC-efficiency is based on the accounted core-hours, which are combination of CPU and GPU hours. The number is close to the maximum since the utilization of the HPC systems is about 95%. The efficiency of the CPUs of the clusters is roughly one to two years behind and the utilization of the clusters is usually lower than 95%.
Distribution of Electricity Generation*
| Year |
CO
2
[t/GWh]
|
Nuclear [%]
|
Fossile [%]
|
Green [%]
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |
407 (324)
|
6.5 (1.5)
|
43.1 (39.0)
|
50.4 (59.5)
|
| 2022 |
219 (377)
|
5.4 (10.3)
|
30.7 (40.8)
|
63.9 (48.9)
|
| 2021 |
239 (350)
|
8.1 (12.9)
|
31.7 (41.9)
|
60.2 (45.2)
|
| 2020 |
199 (310)
|
6.8 (12.4)
|
27.9 (38.6)
|
65.3 (49.0)
|
| 2019 |
276 (352)
|
11.1 (13.5)
|
33.1 (42.2)
|
55.8 (44.3)
|
| 2018 |
303 (421)
|
8.8 (13.0)
|
37.5 (48.8)
|
53.7 (38.2)
|
| 2017 |
289 (435)
|
9.0 (13.0)
|
39.0 (50.0)
|
52.0 (37.0)
|
| 2016 |
383 (471)
|
9.6 (14.3)
|
44.5 (53.7)
|
45.9 (32.0)
|
| 2015 |
380 (476)
|
11.1 (15.4)
|
42.7 (52.8)
|
46.2 (31.8)
|
| 2014 |
447 (508)
|
45.7 (55.3)
|
40.3 (27.9)
|
* Values according to the electricity providers (values for Germany in parenthesis):
2014-2016: e.vita
2017-2019: EnergieDeutschland
2020-2022: DREWAG
2023-2025: Sachsenenergie