2024 data

Renewable energy in France

The decarbonization context that gives meaning to electrification: how much renewable energy does France produce, in which sectors, and what share do renewables hold in the electricity, heat and transport mix, against the 2030 target.

Source: SDES - Figures and statistics: renewable energy data. Licence: Open Licence / Etalab 2.0.

Renewables share of the power mix

31.3%

2024

Renewables share, all uses

24%

+0.8 ptvs 2024

2025

Primary renewable energy production by sector

Change 1990–2024, in terawatt-hours (TWh) of primary energy.

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Primary renewable energy production by sector, 1990 to 2024: in 2024, total 387.6 TWh, including Wood energy 116 TWh, Renewable hydro 71.1 TWh, Heat pumps 51.9 TWh, Wind power 47.5 TWh, Solar photovoltaic 24.9 TWh, Biogas 25.1 TWh, Biofuels 21.6 TWh, Renewable waste 15.7 TWh, Other* 13.8 TWh.
Year	Wood energy	Renewable hydro	Heat pumps	Wind power	Solar photovoltaic	Biogas	Biofuels	Renewable waste	Other*	Total
1990	112.6	53.9	0	0	0	0.9	0	6.7	3.1	177.1
1991	130.4	57.6	0	0	0	0.9	0	7.3	3.3	199.5
1992	126.6	69	0	0	0	1	0	7.3	3.4	207.2
1993	121.5	64.9	0	0	0	1	0.3	7.3	3.4	198.3
1994	108.9	78.8	0	0	0	1	1	7.4	3.4	200.3
1995	110.3	73.1	0	0	0	1	1.9	8.4	3.5	198.2
1996	118.5	66	0	0	0	1	2.7	8.7	3.5	200.4
1997	107.5	63.8	0	0	0	1.3	3.2	8.8	3.5	188
1998	107.6	62.1	0	0	0	1.7	3	9.1	3.5	187
1999	101.7	72.5	0	0	0	1.9	3.2	10.2	3.4	192.8
2000	96.9	66.4	0.1	0.1	0	2.3	3.8	10.8	3.4	183.8
2001	98.2	74.3	0.3	0.1	0	2.4	3.8	11.2	3.4	193.6
2002	92.4	60.4	0.5	0.3	0	2.6	4	11.9	3.4	175.4
2003	98.4	58.9	0.9	0.4	0	2.8	4.4	12.5	3.6	181.9
2004	99	59.6	1.3	0.6	0	3.1	4.6	13.4	3.6	185.3
2005	102.3	51.5	2.4	1	0	3.3	7.5	12.3	6.3	186.5
2006	91.6	56.3	4.2	2.2	0	3.6	7.9	11.9	5.5	183.1
2007	93.8	57.6	6.2	4.1	0	4.5	13.1	12.5	5.8	197.6
2008	98.9	63.7	9.2	5.7	0	5.1	24.2	13.1	6.2	226
2009	101.2	57	11.8	7.9	0	5.2	27.1	14	6.5	230.6
2010	117.8	62.7	15.4	9.9	0	5.8	26.4	14.2	6.3	258.4
2011	97	45.7	14.6	12.6	2.3	5.2	26.3	13.4	8.7	225.9
2012	110.2	59.8	18.8	15.5	4.4	5.8	30.6	14.1	9.9	269.2
2013	122.2	71.9	22.1	16.5	5.2	6.7	28.6	14.6	10.8	298.5
2014	103.3	63.8	19	17.7	6.4	7.1	29.3	14.7	9.7	270.9
2015	112.3	55.6	22.4	21.9	7.8	8	30.7	14.2	10.4	283.1
2016	123	60.8	26.7	21.8	8.7	8.7	28.2	14.4	10.5	302.9
2017	120.5	50	28.2	25.1	8.9	9.5	27.6	14.7	11.6	296
2018	119.8	65.1	29.9	29.2	11.2	10.2	31.4	14.4	12.1	323.2
2019	119.5	56.9	33.6	35.5	12	11.4	24.9	14.5	12.8	321.1
2020	111.3	62.5	34.3	40.7	13.1	12.7	24.7	14.3	13.4	327.1
2021	126.5	59.5	45.7	37.7	15.3	15.7	21.9	14.4	12.5	349.2
2022	119.1	45.6	44.9	39	19.3	18.9	21.3	15.3	12.3	335.7
2023	119.4	55.9	49.8	51.5	22.6	22.1	21.9	14.5	13.3	371
2024	116	71.1	51.9	47.5	24.9	25.1	21.6	15.7	13.8	387.6

Source: SDES - Figures and statistics: renewable energy data. Licence: Open Licence / Etalab 2.0.

Composition of the renewable energy mix by sector

Share of each sector in primary renewable energy production, stacked to 100%. Same data as above, viewed as composition: the relative decline of wood energy and the rise of solar photovoltaic and wind power.

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Share of each sector in primary renewable energy production, stacked to 100%, from 1990 to 2024. In 2024: Wood energy 29.9%, Renewable hydro 18.3%, Heat pumps 13.4%, Wind power 12.3%, Solar photovoltaic 6.4%, Biogas 6.5%, Biofuels 5.6%, Renewable waste 4.1%, Other* 3.6%.
Year	Wood energy (%)	Renewable hydro (%)	Heat pumps (%)	Wind power (%)	Solar photovoltaic (%)	Biogas (%)	Biofuels (%)	Renewable waste (%)	Other* (%)
1990	63.6	30.4	0	0	0	0.5	0	3.8	1.8
1991	65.4	28.9	0	0	0	0.5	0	3.7	1.6
1992	61.1	33.3	0	0	0	0.5	0	3.5	1.6
1993	61.3	32.7	0	0	0	0.5	0.1	3.7	1.7
1994	54.3	39.3	0	0	0	0.5	0.5	3.7	1.7
1995	55.7	36.9	0	0	0	0.5	0.9	4.2	1.8
1996	59.1	33	0	0	0	0.5	1.3	4.3	1.8
1997	57.2	33.9	0	0	0	0.7	1.7	4.7	1.8
1998	57.5	33.2	0	0	0	0.9	1.6	4.9	1.9
1999	52.7	37.6	0	0	0	1	1.6	5.3	1.8
2000	52.7	36.1	0.1	0	0	1.3	2.1	5.9	1.8
2001	50.7	38.4	0.2	0.1	0	1.2	1.9	5.8	1.8
2002	52.6	34.4	0.3	0.2	0	1.5	2.3	6.8	1.9
2003	54.1	32.4	0.5	0.2	0	1.6	2.4	6.8	2
2004	53.5	32.1	0.7	0.3	0	1.7	2.5	7.2	2
2005	54.8	27.6	1.3	0.5	0	1.8	4	6.6	3.4
2006	50	30.8	2.3	1.2	0	2	4.3	6.5	3
2007	47.5	29.2	3.1	2.1	0	2.3	6.6	6.3	2.9
2008	43.8	28.2	4.1	2.5	0	2.3	10.7	5.8	2.7
2009	43.9	24.7	5.1	3.4	0	2.2	11.7	6.1	2.8
2010	45.6	24.3	5.9	3.8	0	2.2	10.2	5.5	2.4
2011	42.9	20.2	6.5	5.6	1	2.3	11.6	5.9	3.9
2012	40.9	22.2	7	5.8	1.6	2.2	11.4	5.2	3.7
2013	40.9	24.1	7.4	5.5	1.7	2.2	9.6	4.9	3.6
2014	38.1	23.5	7	6.5	2.4	2.6	10.8	5.4	3.6
2015	39.7	19.6	7.9	7.7	2.7	2.8	10.9	5	3.7
2016	40.6	20.1	8.8	7.2	2.9	2.9	9.3	4.8	3.5
2017	40.7	16.9	9.5	8.5	3	3.2	9.3	5	3.9
2018	37.1	20.1	9.3	9	3.4	3.2	9.7	4.4	3.7
2019	37.2	17.7	10.5	11	3.7	3.5	7.8	4.5	4
2020	34	19.1	10.5	12.4	4	3.9	7.5	4.4	4.1
2021	36.2	17.1	13.1	10.8	4.4	4.5	6.3	4.1	3.6
2022	35.5	13.6	13.4	11.6	5.8	5.6	6.3	4.6	3.7
2023	32.2	15.1	13.4	13.9	6.1	6	5.9	3.9	3.6
2024	29.9	18.3	13.4	12.3	6.4	6.5	5.6	4.1	3.6

Source: SDES - Figures and statistics: renewable energy data. Licence: Open Licence / Etalab 2.0.

Share of renewable energy in the mix

Share of renewables in gross final energy consumption in 2024, by carrier, against the 2030 target (EU RED II directive, France's 2019 Energy-Climate Law).

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Share of renewable energy in the mix in 2024, 2030 target: Electricity 31.3% (target 40%), Heating & cooling 31.2% (target 38%), Transport 10.8% (target 15%), Total 23.2% (target 33%).
Carrier	Share 2024 (%)	Target 2030 (%)
Electricity	31.3%	40%
Heating & cooling	31.2%	38%
Transport	10.8%	15%
Total	23.2%	33%

Source: SDES - Figures and statistics: renewable energy data. Licence: Open Licence / Etalab 2.0.

Path to the 2030 target

Share of renewable energy (all uses combined) in gross final energy consumption.

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Change in the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption between 2005 and 2025: from 9.25% to 23.98% (provisional figure). 2030 target: 33%.
Year	Renewables share (%)	Status
2005	9.3	Final
2006	9.3	Final
2007	10.3	Final
2008	11.3	Final
2009	12.3	Final
2010	12.7	Final
2011	12.7	Final
2012	13.3	Final
2013	13.9	Final
2014	14.4	Final
2015	14.9	Final
2016	15.6	Final
2017	15.9	Final
2018	16.5	Final
2019	17.3	Final
2020	19.2	Final
2021	19.5	Final
2022	20.7	Final
2023	22.6	Final
2024	23.2	Final
2025	24	Provisional

Source: SDES - Figures and statistics: renewable energy data. Licence: Open Licence / Etalab 2.0. Up to and including 2020, calculated under Directive (EU) 2009/28/EC; from 2021 to 2024, under Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II); from 2025, under Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III). Methodology changes can create breaks in the series.

Connected fleet and commissioning, national register

Capacity of generation and storage installations connected to the public grids, according to the national register kept by the network operators, and capacity of the current fleet by year of commissioning.

35.2 GW

of solar connected at 31 August 2026

27.1 GW

of wind connected at 31 August 2026

2.0 GW

of battery storage at 31 August 2026, with 2.8 GWh of storable energy

The register only holds installations still connected. The series shows the capacity of the current fleet broken down by year of commissioning, not the history of commissioning: an installation closed since is not included.

Installations under 36 kW are aggregated by municipality under a single date. They count in the fleet capacity above (6.2 GW of solar) but not in the annual series.

Source: ODRÉ - National register of electricity generation and storage installations, register at 31 August 2026.

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Capacity of the current fleet by year of commissioning, wind, solar and battery storage, from 2000 to 2026; 5,202 MW of solar commissioned in 2025.
Year of commissioning	Wind	Solar	Battery storage
2000	7.8	0	0
2001	5	0	0
2002	60.9	0.1	0
2003	81.5	0	0
2004	133.8	0.1	0
2005	390.9	0.1	0
2006	727.2	1.3	0
2007	714.1	3.8	0
2008	866	25.1	0
2009	1,124.5	110.3	0
2010	1,147.5	454.9	0
2011	806.5	1,430.1	0
2012	799.5	756.9	0
2013	587	579.3	0
2014	1,048.4	829.7	0
2015	1,107.3	800.1	1
2016	1,422.2	485.2	0
2017	1,792.6	792	0
2018	1,593.1	761	8.2
2019	1,419.3	841.6	7.3
2020	1,357.3	1,082.3	78.7
2021	1,203.2	2,534.9	218.9
2022	2,246.9	2,199.9	208.1
2023	2,309.3	2,420.1	362.3
2024	1,280.5	3,959.9	231.7
2025	1,463.8	5,202.2	470.2
2026 (partial)	936.7	3,579.8	605.4

Connected fleet by technology at 31 August 2026

Technology	Capacity (GW)	Installations
Nuclear	63	57
Solar	35.2	1,287,559
Wind	27.1	2,592
Hydro	26.1	3,047
Non-renewable thermal	18.8	1,242
Bioenergy	3.2	1,361
Non-hydro storage	2.3	922
Marine, geothermal and other	0.3	128

Renewable energy in France

Primary renewable energy production by sector

Composition of the renewable energy mix by sector

Share of renewable energy in the mix

Path to the 2030 target

Connected fleet and commissioning, national register

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