Electricity Report 2025: Main Results (RTE)
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- Corrected electricity consumption in 2025 was 451 TWh, up 0.4% on 2024, and remained about 6% below the 2014-2019 period.p.4
- Electricity production in mainland France reached 547.5 TWh in 2025, up 8.2 TWh or 1.5%.p.8
- Low-carbon production reached a historic maximum of 521.1 TWh, representing 95.2% of the electricity produced.p.8
- The installed generation fleet reached 164.5 GW at end of 2025, with solar capacity at 30.4 GW after an increase of 5.9 GW.p.10
- The forward price of the annual calendar product for delivery the following year fell from 77 €/MWh in 2024 to 61 €/MWh in 2025.p.12
- France's net export balance was 92.3 TWh, the highest in its history for the second consecutive year, equivalent to 17% of its production.p.14
- Emissions from electricity production reached a historic low of 10.9 MtCO2eq, after 11.7 MtCO2eq in 2024 and 15.8 MtCO2eq in 2023.p.18
Key insights
- Nuclear production reached 373.0 TWh, with an increase of 11.3 TWh.p.8
- Net value of French electricity exports was 5.4 Md€ in 2025, while fossil fuel imports cost 53 Md€.p.14
- More than 170 large industrial and digital projects are under development.p.6
- EU electricity consumption was up 0.7% in 2025 and remains 3.4% below the 2015-2019 average.p.20
- France was a net exporter nearly 99% of the time in 2025.p.16
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