France : Electricity Sector Statistics

France : Electricity Sector Statistics

Indicator NameValue
Electricity production (kWh)557,395,000,000
Electricity production from coal sources (kWh)22,611,000,000
Electricity production from natural gas sources (kWh)20,415,000,000
Electricity production from nuclear sources (kWh)442,383,000,000
Electricity production from renewable sources (kWh)64,771,000,000
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (kWh)45,106,000,000
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)19,665,000,000
Electricity production from oil sources (kWh)5,002,000,000
Formulas Electricity production = Electricity production from coal sources + Electricity production from natural gas sources + Electricity production from nuclear sources + Electricity production from renewable sources + Electricity production from oil sources

Electricity production from renewable sources = Electricity production from hydroelectric sources + Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric

YearElectric power consumption (kWh)
1990347,592,000,000
1991372,403,000,000
1992381,093,000,000
1993381,410,000,000
1994387,439,000,000
1995394,074,000,000
1996412,605,000,000
1997409,751,000,000
1998422,240,000,000
1999432,512,000,000
2000440,844,000,000
2001450,808,000,000
2002451,262,000,000
2003468,778,000,000
2004480,628,000,000
2005483,645,000,000
2006479,449,000,000
2007481,364,000,000
2008492,498,000,000
2009475,038,000,000
2010502,940,000,000
YearElectric power consumption (kWh per capita)
19905,951
19916,360
19926,476
19936,453
19946,531
19956,619
19966,905
19976,833
19987,016
19997,149
20007,238
20017,347
20027,302
20037,531
20047,665
20057,655
20067,536
20077,520
20087,651
20097,342
20107,734
Electricity production (kWh)Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants.
Electricity production from coal sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Electricity production from natural gas sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
Electricity production from nuclear sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources (kWh)Electricity production from renewable sources includes hydropower, geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Electricity production from oil sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Electric power consumption (kWh)Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
Data Source: Worldbank, World Development Indicators