Installed capacity and output in mainland France – 2020
Installed capacity
In MW
87,010 MW
Nuclear 61,370 MW, 71%
Hydropower(1): 20,103 MW, 23%
Thermal(2): 5,525 MW, 6%
Wind: 12 MW
Expressed in megawatts of maximum capacity linked to the network.
(1) Excluding Corsica and overseas departments, 439 MW in 2020 and including tidal generation capacity of 240 MW.
(2) Excluding Corsica and overseas departments, 1,567 MW in 2020.
Electricity Output
In TWh
389 TWh
Nuclear: 335.4 TWh 86%
Hydropower(1)(2): 44.7 TWh, 12%
Thermal(3): 8.8 TWh, 2%
Wind: 0.02 TWh
(1) Excluding Corsica and overseas departments, 1.3 TWh in 2020.
(2) Generation including pumped storage consumption.
(3) Excluding Corsica and overseas departments, 4.4 TWh in 2020.
Other geographic areas and subsidiaries
At the end of 2020, the Group also had installed power generation capacity of 33.5GW for electricity generation totalling 112.9TWh via the following entities:
Installed capacity(In GW) | Power generation(In TWh) | |
|---|---|---|
| EDF Renewables(1) | EDF Renewables (1)Installed capacity(In GW) 6.3 | EDF Renewables (1)Power generation(In TWh) 15.4 |
| Island Energy Systems and PEI(2) | Island Energy Systems and PEI (2)Installed capacity(In GW) 2 | Island Energy Systems and PEI (2)Power generation(In TWh) 5,7 |
| EDF Energy(3) | EDF Energy (3)Installed capacity(In GW) 12.2 | EDF Energy (3)Power generation(In TWh) 51.7 |
| Edison(4) | Edison (4)Installed capacity(In GW) 6.4 | Edison (4)Power generation(In TWh) 18.8 |
| Rest of World(5) | Rest of World (5)Installed capacity(In GW) 4.4 | Rest of World (5)Power generation(In TWh) 17.4 |
| Dalkia(6) | Dalkia (6)Installed capacity(In GW) 2.2 | Dalkia (6)Power generation(In TWh) 3.9 |
TOTAL | TOTAL Installed capacity(In GW) 33.5 | TOTAL Power generation(In TWh) 112.9 |
(1) see section 1.4.1.5.4.
(2) see section 1.4.4.3.
(3) see section 1.4.5.1
(4) including outside the Italian market. See section 1.4.5.2.
(5) see section 1.4.5.3.
(6) see section 1.4.6.1.1.
1.4.1.1Nuclear power generation
1.4.1.1.1 The excell plan
The aim of the “excell” plan is to enable the French nuclear industry to return to the highest standards of quality and excellence so as to take on existing and future major projects in France, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere in the world. The excell plan also benefits existing the nuclear fleet programmes, in particular Grand Carénage refurbishment and related maintenance operations. In October 2020, EDF group and the nuclear industry made 25 new commitments to be honoured by mid-2021, spread across 5 priority areas of work:
- state of the art project governance, with the implementation of an inspection of major “new nuclear” projects to ensure maturity at each key milestone;
- upskilling the French nuclear industry, in particular the 21,000 professionals recruited between 2019 and 2022, with the help of “France Relance”;
- guaranteed compliance of “right first time” manufacture and construction: in parallel with the “excell in quality” plan implemented at Framatome, all plants in the industry will be rolling out an excell plan aiming to achieve “zero defects”;
- supplier relations based on more straightforward, results-oriented contracts: actions are being undertaken with “France Relance” to consolidate the industry;
- reinforcement of quality and safety by means of standardisation and replication to secure costs and lead times.
Given the specific challenges in terms of skills and quality, a “welding plan” has been put into place. This provides structure for the training and qualification of welders intervening on worksites in the nuclear industry.
See also section 3.4.3.1 “Adaptation of skills (excell plan)”.
1.4.1.1.2 Nuclear power generation in France
The electricity generated by EDF in France from its fleet of nuclear power plants represented 87.6% of its total electricity generation in 2020 excluding pumped storage hydropower.