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Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. In 2009 a target for 2020 was set of 23% of all energy used would be renewable energy, this was not met as only 19.1% was achieved. France was refusing to pay the possible €500 million penalty fine. [14]
The electricity sector in France is dominated by its nuclear power, which accounted for 71.7% of total production in 2018, while renewables and fossil fuels accounted for 21.3% and 7.1%, respectively [1] (compare to 72.3% nuclear, 17.8% renewables and 8.6% fossil fuels in 2016). [2]
Energy from wood and wood products accounts for almost all of this production, of which 73% is used to heat family dwellings. [11] During 2015, heat consumption in France (excluding dependencies) from solid biomass amounted to 8,836 ktoe, of which 8,115 ktoe were accounted for by direct use of end user, and 721 ktoe from district heating ...
The price varies widely depending on the origin of the “green” electricity: from a few dozen cents per megawatt-hour for large dams in northern Europe to a few euros/MWh for small French producers. Around 1.4 million residential customers are on green offers, i.e. 5% of volumes, while 17% of production in France is of renewable origin. [79]
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. Data are for the year 2022 and are sourced from Ember. [1] Links for each location go to the relevant electricity market page, when available.
Electricity production in France has been dominated by nuclear power since the early 1980s with a large portion of that power exported today. Since the mid-1980s, the largest source of electricity in France has been nuclear power, with a generation of 379.5 TWh in 2019 and a total electricity production of 537.7 TWh. [1]
In 2019, Emmanuel Macron confirmed France's pledge to add 1 GW offshore wind every year between 2020 and 2024 as laid out in France's new draft energy plan (PPE). [9] In February 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France was to build 50 offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of at least 40 GW by 2050. [10]
In 2014, the Union française des industries pétrolières estimated that "the total workforce in the para-oil and para-gas sector in France is 65,000, with 50 % of activities linked to hydrocarbon exploration and production". In December 2017 a law was passed phasing out hydrocarbon exploration and production in France by 2040. [10]