Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. The French energy sector is a mature market subject to very strong competition. The National Energy Mediator reports that there are thirty suppliers that share the global energy market, with the French market dominated by three major players:. France imports most of its fossil fuels and has extensively diversified its geographic sourcing. With less greenhouse effects, electricity and gas have progressively replaced oil and coal use in the main industrial sectors, although oil-based products are still the norm in the transportation sector.
With 56 reactors spread over 19 nuclear sites, France has the largest nuclear fleet in the world in proportion to its population. Each year, around TWH of nuclear power is produced. The impact of the oil shock led the French government to initiate a program to build 16 reactors of Megawatts of electricity MWe , and 20 additional reactors of 1, Mwe after Between and , 4 other 1, MWe reactors were commissioned, bringing the installed capacity to An EPR reactor 3rd generation - with a capacity of 1, MWe - is currently under construction on the Flamanville plant site.
Therefore, to facilitate additional LNG imports, Europe is planning to build gasification terminals throughout the EU. Consequently, Engie which was planning to close the Fos-sur-Mer terminal, has signed contracts ensuring that this terminal will continue to be used until LNG exports to the EU have more than doubled since the start of The French smart grids market is anticipated to boom in the coming years. Smart grids are electrical networks that use new technologies to optimize the distribution and consumption of energy.
According to the Think Smart grids association, the sector today represents some 15, direct jobs in France. Renewable energies have been growing steadily in the last few years in France to reach Renewable energies support approximately 60, full-time jobs. The Renewable energy sector is very diverse, covering ten different sub-sectors: Wood energy: Others geothermic, agriculture, marine 3. The most developed renewable energies are still wood energy and hydropower, but onshore windfarms and heat pumps are two sectors that have progressed the most in the last few years with offshore windfarms currently under development.
In absolute levels among the EU Member States, France is the largest producer of hydroelectricity and the second largest for biofuels. Total French onshore wind power amounted to 17, MW Megawatt. A total of MW has been connected since the beginning of and continues. Since then, wind power production has amounted to approximately 39 GWh, representing almost 9 percent of national electrical consumption.
