Universal Registration Document 2021

1.1 Key figures and business model

1. The group, its strategy and activities

1.1 Key figures and business model

EDF Carbon trajectory

Carbon intensity trajectory

(In gCO2/kWh)

Steadily declining and around 5x lower than the European average

231(1)

  • 2019:  55 
  • 2020:  51 
  • 2021:  48 
  • 2030:  35 
  • 2050:  0 

(1) 2020 carbon intensity average of power producers in Europe accoding to the European Environment Agency (EEA).

EDF, the renewable energy leader in Europe

Net installed renewable capacity by sector - 2021

In GW

60 GW NETS TARGET 2030

34.8GW

  • Other(2)  0.2GW 
  • Solar  3.0GW 
  • Wind  9.0GW 
  • Hydropower(1)  22.5GW 

(1) Including sea energy.

(2) Biomass, geothermy.

Key figures 2021*

Installed capacity(1)

In GW

Total: 117.3GW

  • Other EnR  8% 
  • Hydropower  18% 
  • Nuclear  60% 
  • Gas  9% 
  • Coal  2% 
  • Fuel Oil  3% 

(1) Consolidated data.

Electricity generation(1)

In TWh

523,7TWh

  • Nuclear  78.2% 
  • Hydropower(2)   8.8% 
  • Other EnR  4.0% 
  • Gas  7.3% 
  • Fuel Oil  1.0% 
  • Coal  0.7% 
  • Decarbonised(3)  91% 

(1) Consolidated data.

(2) Hydro output including pumped storage consumption.

(3) Direct output-related CO2 emissions, excluding life-cycle analysis (LCA) of fuel and production means.

* The Group’s financial outlook is presented in Section 5.5.