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France: Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels

5.11percent · 2025-34.7% since 2015

Electricity generated from fossil fuels as a share of total generation. Annual figures for France from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20255.107
20245.077
20237.915
202212.885
20218.877
20209.178
20199.48
20188.581
201711.781
201610.135
20157.817
20146.322
20139.3
201210.03
201110.438
201010.164
20099.639
20089.736
200710.289
20069.907
200511.004
20049.825
200310.121
20029.395
20018.373
20009.308
19999.93
199810.772
19977.819
19968.537
19957.871
19947.121
19937.394
199211.007
199113.45
199011.379

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-fossil (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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