Breakdown of electricity production in France 2021-2024, by source

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 21, 2025

Nuclear is the main energy source in France. In 2024, nuclear power accounted for 67.3 percent of the country's energy mix. Hydropower followed, at almost 14 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 2023 increased compared to a year before.

Distribution of electricity production in France from 2021 to 2024, by energy source

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March 2025

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France

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2021 to 2024

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*Includes coal and fuel oil.
** Information for gas 2024 not available.
Figures computed by Statista based on data provided by the source.
Figures were rounded and total might exceed 100 percentage points.

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