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France's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-06
30gCO₂e/kWh
#4 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
27.7%
clean incl. nuclear: 96.8%
Records
Cleanest: 21 (2024-05)
Dirtiest: 102 (2017-11)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | +1 | 25.3 | 526.7 |
| 2024 | 32 | -12 | 26.2 | 516.8 |
| 2023 | 44 | -25 | 26.1 | 474.3 |
| 2022 | 69 | +17 | 23.7 | 428.1 |
| 2021 | 52 | +1 | 21.3 | 507.8 |
| 2020 | 51 | 0 | 23.2 | 486.2 |
| 2019 | 51 | -1 | 19.4 | 522.2 |
| 2018 | 52 | -20 | 18.9 | 532.4 |
| 2017 | 72 | +11 | 16 | 515.9 |
| 2016 | 61 | +11 | 16.9 | 517.4 |
| 2015 | 50 | — | 15.5 | 534.1 |
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Open the globe →Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/fr".