![]() France exported 38 TWh of electricity to its neighbours in 2017. This was based on projections that large amounts of electric power would be required. Nuclear power was introduced in large quantities in France following the 1973 oil crisis according to the Messmer plan named for then prime minister Pierre Messmer. ![]() EDF is substantially owned by the French Government, with around 85% shares in government hands. Électricité de France (EDF) – the country's main electricity generation and distribution company – manages the country's 56 power reactors. In May 2022, EDF reported that twelve reactors were shut down and being inspected for stress corrosion, requiring EDF to adjust its French nuclear output estimate for 2022 to 280–300 TWh the estimate of the impact of the decrease in output on the Group's EBITDA for 2022 was assessed to be -€18,5 billion. Since June 2020, it has 56 operable reactors totalling 61,370 MWe, one under construction (1630 MWe), and 14 shut down or in decommissioning (5,549 MWe). ![]() In 2018, the nuclear share was 71.67%, the highest percentage in the world. Since the mid 1980s, the largest source of electricity in France has been nuclear power, with a generation of 379.5 TWh in 2019 and a total electricity production of 537.7 TWh. Class=notpageimage| Fission-electric stations in France ( view)Ĭlosed plants Electricity production in France has been dominated by nuclear power since the early 1980s with a large portion of that power exported today.
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