France: daily electricity consumption 2025

Hourly electricity consumption in France is highest in November, December, January, and February of each year, while it reaches the lowest levels between May and September. The average annual electricity consumption in France in 2023 was around 445 terawatt-hours, the smallest value in the past decade.

Nuclear electricity production in France

While the main source of electricity in France is nuclear power, the nuclear share of electricity generation decreased from 78.5 percent in 2005 to 65 percent in 2023. The French electricity company EDF Group had to face unexpected technical issues in its nuclear fleet over the last three years, which caused nuclear outages and loss of electricity production.

Renewable sources in France

Renewable energy consumption in France has increased over the past few years, coming mainly from hydropower and wind renewable energy sources. Among its renewable energy investments, in 2024 France was developing several offshore wind farm projects. Besides, solar photovoltaic energy capacity in France was expected to grow up to 37 gigawatts by 2027.

Volume of daily electricity consumption in France from January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2025 (in megawatts)

Characteristic	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Dec 4	69,418	66,052	62,916	60,978	62,437	61,946	-
Nov 7	62,894	48,610	55,570	48,315	53,598	50,689	-
Oct 2	49,257	50,609	45,779	42,367	42,839	46,221	-
Sept 4	47,668	46,301	43,979	41,972	44,332	43,345	-
Aug 7	45,525	46,609	40,307	41,432	41,215	43,941	-
July 3	50,882	46,422	44,437	43,489	44,911	44,462	-
June 5	48,278	44,920	43,030	42,011	42,749	44,871	-
May 6	56,216	44,570	58,151	47,389	40,264	46,800	-
Apr 1	53,622	54,361	52,036	67,468	48,208	49,849	-
Mar 4	63,634	65,112	61,892	62,291	60,415	58,758	-
Feb 5	74,125	67,491	66,917	64,821	58,398	59,547	-
Jan 1	63,028	63,989	64,055	49,311	45,451	53,240	59,763

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Release date

February 2025

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France

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January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2025

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Volume of consumption at 11 pm.

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