Electricity sector in France
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Left: The Cattenom nuclear power station near Luxemburg Right: Wind power in France; turbines in Lower Normandy Bottom: The Cruas nuclear power plant at night. |
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The electricity sector in France is dominated by nuclear power, which accounted for 72.3 % of total production in 2016, while renewables and fossil fuels accounted for 17.8 % and 8.6 %, respectively.France has the largest share of nuclear electricity in the world. The country is also among the world's biggest net exporters of electricity. The French nuclear power sector is almost entirely owned by the French government and the degree of the government subsidy is difficult to ascertain because of a lack of transparency.
In 2008 consumption of electricity was on average 8,233 kWh/person. This corresponded to 110% of the EU15 average (7,409 kWh/person) and 91% of the OECD average (8,991 kWh/person).
Coal (4.08%)
Oil (0.58%)
Non-hydro renew. (4.47%)
Natural gas (3.69%)
Nuclear (76.6%)
Hydro (10.2%)
According to the IEA, French gross production of electricity amounted to 557 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2014, slightly down from 570 and 567 TWh produced in 2008 and 2004, respectively.
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