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Power plants in France

A directory of 2,188 power plants in France with a combined installed capacity of 112,733 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

2,188power plants
112,733MW total capacity
11fuel types
41with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (France)

Solar: 817 plants817SolarWind: 721 plants721WindHydro: 429 plants429HydroBiomass: 158 plants158BiomassGas: 21 plants21GasNuclear: 19 plants19NuclearOil: 12 plants12OilCoal: 5 plants5Coal

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

France electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

41gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
94.9%low-carbon electricity
26.1%renewables
5.1%fossil fuels
Nuclear: 69 % of electricity69NuclearHydro: 10 % of electricity10HydroWind: 8 % of electricity8WindSolar: 6 % of electricity6SolarGas: 3 % of electricity3GasOil: 2 % of electricity2OilBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2BioenergyCoal: 0 % of electricity0Coal

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in France

#PlantFuelMW
1GRAVELINESNuclear5,460
2PALUELNuclear5,320
3CATTENOMNuclear5,200
4CRUASNuclear3,660
5TRICASTIN 1Nuclear3,660
6BLAYAISNuclear3,640
7CHINONNuclear3,620
8BUGEYNuclear3,580
9DAMPIERRENuclear3,560
10CHOOZNuclear3,000
11CIVAUXNuclear2,990
12ST ALBANNuclear2,670
13FLAMANVILLENuclear2,660
14PENLYNuclear2,660
15BELLEVILLENuclear2,620
16GOLFECHNuclear2,620
17NOGENTNuclear2,620
18PORCHEVILLEOil2,290
19ST LAURENTNuclear1,830
20FESSENHEIMNuclear1,760

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