Breakdown of electricity production in France 2022, by source

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 27, 2023
Nuclear is the main energy source in France. In 2022, nuclear power accounted for 63 percent of the country's energy mix. Hydropower followed, at 11 percent. By comparison, bioenergy (or renewable thermal and waste) was the least used energy source in France at that time, with an electricity production share of two percent.
The share of electricity generated from nuclear fuel in 2022 was the smallest since 1985.

Distribution of electricity production in France in 2022, by energy source

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February 2023

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France

Survey time period

2022

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* The source states that this figure is below one percent.

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