With operations in over 20 countries, EDF Renewables is one of the benchmark players in the development and production of electricity from renewable energy sources, in particular in its main historic locations of North America (USA, Canada, and Mexico) and Europe, mainly in France and the United Kingdom. EDF Renewables has also rebalanced its business in geographical terms, increasing its presence in other countries with high potential for the development of renewable energy, including South Africa, Brazil, China, India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Egypt.
EDF Renewables is an integrated operator in renewable energies and is involved in every stage of the value chain. EDF Renewables operate upstream, in project development, as well as in engineering during the construction of power plants and their operation and maintenance. EDF Renewables develop projects on its own or in partnerships, as appropriate. At year-end 2021, its portfolio comprised 73% of wind power, 26% of solar power and 1% of storage, and it had embarked on its technological rebalancing initiative by accelerating its development in solar power.
As part of its business model, the Group is also involved in the Development and Sale of Structured Assets (an activity referred to as “DSSA”), which consists of selling projects it has built, in whole or in part, to third-party investors. With regard to DSSA, the net capacity sold in 2021 amounted to 896 MW.
| (in MW) | At 31/12/2021 | At 31/12/2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross (1) | Net (2) | Gross (1) | Net (2) | |
| Wind | ||||
| South Africa | 145 | 73 | 111 | 56 |
| Germany | 175 | 173 | 175 | 173 |
| Belgium (3) | 325 | 27 | 325 | 27 |
| Brazil | 571 | 480 | 329 | 238 |
| Canada | 560 | 506 | 560 | 506 |
| Chile | 175 | 88 | 115 | 58 |
| China | 905 | 380 | 617 | 216 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| United States | 4 016 | 2,943 | 3,618 | 2,803 |
| France | 1 808 | 1,637 | 1,695 | 1 528 |
| Greece | 264 | 238 | 264 | 238 |
| India | 364 | 262 | 269 | 177 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 40 | 25 |
| Mexico | 324 | 162 | 324 | 162 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 546 | 149 |
| UK (4) | 603 | 167 | 603 | 187 |
| Turquie | 0 | 0 | 559 | 280 |
| Saudi Arabia | 416 | 212 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| Total wind power (5) | 10,719 | 7,416 | 10,157 | 6,828 |
| Solar power | ||||
| Brazil | 399 | 199 | 399 | 199 |
| Canada | 61 | 42 | 61 | 42 |
| Chile | 261 | 131 | 261 | 131 |
| China | 128 | 123 | 117 | 113 |
| Egypt | 165 | 65 | 149 | 65 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,065 | 170 | 1,065 | 170 |
| United States | 1,005 | 741 | 534 | 380 |
| France | 378 | 320 | 278 | 219 |
| Greece | 32 | 30 | 12 | 12 |
| India | 657 | 325 | 207 | 100 |
| Israel | 427 | 323 | 324 | 220 |
| Mexico | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 36 | 18 |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Solar power (5) | 4,703 | 2,591 | 3,563 | 1,790 |
| Storage | ||||
| United States | 55 | 55 | 20 | 20 |
| United Kingdom | 100 | 51 | 49 | 25 |
| Total Storage (5) | 155 | 106 | 69 | 45 |
| TOTAL (5) | 15 577 | 10 113 | 13 788 | 8 663 |
(1) Gross capacity: total capacity of the facilities in which EDF Renewables has a stake.
(2) Net capacity: capacity corresponding to EDF Renewables’ stake.
(3) MW in offshore wind exclusively.
(4) EDF Renewables owns 51% of EDF Renewables UK (the other 49% is owned by EDF Energy), see section 1.4.5.1 “United Kingdom”.
(5) Corresponds to the sum of the exact values rounded to one decimal place.
In 2021, the electricity production of EDF Renewables’ fully consolidated fleet across all segments and countries was 24.7TWh. The load factor reached at end 2021 31% onshore wind power generation and 19% in solar power generation.
