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Nuclear power plants operate in 32 countries and generate about a tenth of the world's electricity. [2] Most are in Europe , North America and East Asia . The United States is the largest producer of nuclear power, while France has the largest share of electricity generated by nuclear power, at about 70%.
In 2008, nuclear power accounted for 16% of final energy consumption in France. As is common in all industrialized nations, fossil fuels still dominate energy consumption, particularly in the transportation and heating sectors. [62] However, nuclear constitutes a higher level of total energy consumption in France than in any other country.
Renewables accounted for 19.1% of energy consumption in 2020. [2] France has the largest share of nuclear electricity in the world. [3] The country is also among the world's biggest net exporters of electricity. The country is increasingly investing in renewable energy and has set a target of 32% by 2030. [4]
In terms of installed capacity and produced power in 2013 France was the second largest producer of nuclear energy in the world behind the United States. The installed nuclear capacity was 63.1 GW, and power production was 403.7 TWh. [18] France reprocesses its nuclear waste to retrieve plutonium and uranium for use as additional fuel.
Electricity generation by source and country in 2023 [1] Annual world electricity net generation [2] This is a list of countries and dependencies by annual electricity production. China is the world's largest electricity producing country, followed by the United States and India.
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Of the energy consumed in Europe, 50% is imported, so the story here is less about production numbers and more about consumption patterns. Europe is trying to change that by emphasizing the growth ...
There are already many maps of nuclear power stations out there on the internet. For example, the INSCDB Map s (example: Image:Ukraine nuclear power plants.png) [dead link ] have already been used on a number of other language Wikipedias because they are somehow released into the public domain or gave permission for the usage.