Generation capacity in mainland France ended the year at close to 133 GW (132.9 GW to be precise), up 2 GW (+1.6%) from 2017. Wind and solar power accounted for the lion’s share of this increase. Fossil-fired thermal capacity was down sharply because of the closure of the last oil-fired plant at Cordemais.
Installed Capacity at 31/12/2018 | Capacity in MW | Change relative to 31/12/2017 | Change in MW | Share of total capacity | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nuclear | 63 130 | 0% | 0 | 47,5% | |
Fosil-fired thermal | 18 588 | -2,3% | -439 | 14% | |
of which coal | 2 997 | 0% | 0 | 2,3% | |
of which oil | 3 440 | -16,1% | -657 | 2,6% | |
of which gas | 12 151 | +1,8% | 218 | 9,2% | |
Hydropower | 25 510 | -0,04% | -11 | 19,2% | |
Wind | 15 108 | +11,2% | 1 558 | 11,5% | |
Solar | 8 527 | +11,4% | 873 | 6,4% | |
Bioenergies | 2 026 | +4,2% | 73 | 1,5% | |
of which biogas | 452 | 4,6% | 20 | 0,3% | |
of which biomass | 634 | 6,4% | 38 | 0,5% | |
of which paper waste | 57 | 0% | 0 | 0,04% | |
of which municipal waste | 883 | 1,8% | 15 | 0,7% | |
Total | 132 889 | +1,6% | 2 054 | 100% |