France 2015

France

TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION

								Average annual growth rate (%)
	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010	2013	2000 to 2013
Population (millions)	52	55.11	58.17	60.73	61	65.67	66.1	0.7
Population density (inhabitants/km²)	95	101	106	112	114	119	121	0.6
Urban Population as % of total	71	73	74	77	82	85	87	1.0
Area (1000 km²)	551	551	551	551	551	551	551	-

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

1980		1990		2000		2005
GDP (billions of current US$)	691		1248		1332		2138
GDP (billions of constant 2000 US$)	862		1089		1322		1387
GDP per capita (PPP* US$/capita)	9989		18184		25978		30413
GDP per capita (current US$/capita)	12858		22007		22550		35026

TABLE 3. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

	Estimated available energy sources
	Fossil Fuels			Nuclear	Renewables
	Solid	Liquid	Gas	Uranium	Production hydro	Other Renewable
Total amount in specific units*	0	13.6 Mt	21.3 Billion m³	NA	70000 GWh	0,01 TW installed

TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS

							Average annual growth rate (%)
	1971	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010*	2000 to 2010
Energy consumption**
- Total	7.5	7.9	9.6	2	11.6	11.1	-0.1
- Solids***	1.2	1.3	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	-1.2
- Liquids	5.1	4.5	3.7	4	3.8	3.4	-1.5
- Gases	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.6	1.7	1.7	0.6
- Nuclear	0.04			4.5	4.7	4.6	0.1
- Hydro-				0.24	0.21	0.23	-0.7
- Other Renewables	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.70	2.4
Energy production
- Total	2	2.20	4.68	5.48	5.76	5.8	0.6
- Solids***	1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.01	0.004	-27
- Liquids	0.1	0.09	0.14	0.075	0.05	0.075	0
- Gases	0.2	0.3	0.10	0.06	0.04	0.02	-8.8
- Nuclear	0.1	0.7	3.4	4.5	4.9	4.9	0.8
- Hydro	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.20	0.2	0
- Other Renewables	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	5.3
Net import (Import - Export)	4.9	6.2	5.0	5.6	6	5.5	-0.07
- Total	6.9	8.4	9.7	11	11.8	11.3	0.2

TABLE 5: ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

							Average annual growth rate (%)
	1974	1980	1990	2000	2005	2012	2000 to 2012
Gross capacity of electric plants (GWe)
- Thermal	26	30	23	27	25	28	0.3
- Hydro	16	19	25	25	25	25	0.07
- Nuclear	3	14	56	63	63	63	-0.01
- Wind	0	0	0	0.01	0.7	7	73
- Geothermal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
- other renewable	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.25	0.25	4.9	28
- Total	45	64	104	115	115	129	0.9
Gross electricity production (TWh)	1971	1980	1990	2000	2005	2011	2000 to 2011
- Thermal	97	126	48	53	67	55	0.3
- Hydro	49	70	57	72	56	51	-3.1
- Nuclear	9	61	314	415	452	442	0.6
- Wind	0	0	0	0,1	1	12	54.5
- Geothermal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
- other renewable	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	2	11.6
- Total (1)	160	258	420	541	576	563	0.36
Total Electricity consumption (TW.h)	144	244	348	441	482	472	0.62

TABLE 6: ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

	1973	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010*
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita)	146	146	163	180	184	172
Electricity consumption per capita (kW.h/capita)	3076	4204	5558	6758	7395	7800
Electricity production/Energy production (%)	18	42	78	86	89	85
Nuclear/Total electricity (%)	8	24	75	77	79	75
Ratio of external dependency (%) (1)	76	73	50	50	50	49

TABLE 7: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31. DECEMBER 2014

Reactor Unit	Type	Net Capacity [MW(e)]	Status	Operator	Reactor Supplier	Construction Date	First Criticality Date	First Grid Date	Commercial Date	Shutdown Date	UCF for 2014
BELLEVILLE-1	PWR	1310	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1980-05-01	1987-09-09	1987-10-14	1988-06-01		71.2
BELLEVILLE-2	PWR	1310	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1980-08-01	1988-05-25	1988-07-06	1989-01-01		99.4
BLAYAIS-1	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1977-01-01	1981-05-20	1981-06-12	1981-12-01		82.6
BLAYAIS-2	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1977-01-01	1982-06-28	1982-07-17	1983-02-01		88.5
BLAYAIS-3	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1978-04-01	1983-07-29	1983-08-17	1983-11-14		55.9
BLAYAIS-4	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1978-04-01	1983-05-01	1983-05-16	1983-10-01		84.8
BUGEY-2	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1972-11-01	1978-04-20	1978-05-10	1979-03-01		83.5
BUGEY-3	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1973-09-01	1978-08-31	1978-09-21	1979-03-01		98.5
BUGEY-4	PWR	880	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1974-06-01	1979-02-17	1979-03-08	1979-07-01		70.6
BUGEY-5	PWR	880	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1974-07-01	1979-07-15	1979-07-31	1980-01-03		73.0
CATTENOM-1	PWR	1300	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-10-29	1986-10-24	1986-11-13	1987-04-01		98.0
CATTENOM-2	PWR	1300	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1980-07-28	1987-08-07	1987-09-17	1988-02-01		73.6
CATTENOM-3	PWR	1300	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1982-06-15	1990-02-16	1990-07-06	1991-02-01		92.8
CATTENOM-4	PWR	1300	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1983-09-28	1991-05-04	1991-05-27	1992-01-01		81.5
CHINON B-1	PWR	905	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1977-03-01	1982-10-28	1982-11-30	1984-02-01		83.9
CHINON B-2	PWR	905	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1977-03-01	1983-09-23	1983-11-29	1984-08-01		75.1
CHINON B-3	PWR	905	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1980-10-01	1986-09-18	1986-10-20	1987-03-04		87.3
CHINON B-4	PWR	905	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1981-02-01	1987-10-13	1987-11-14	1988-04-01		80.4
CHOOZ B-1	PWR	1500	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1984-01-01	1996-07-25	1996-08-30	2000-05-15		72.2
CHOOZ B-2	PWR	1500	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1985-12-31	1997-03-10	1997-04-10	2000-09-29		99.7
CIVAUX-1	PWR	1495	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1988-10-15	1997-11-29	1997-12-24	2002-01-29		67.5
CIVAUX-2	PWR	1495	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1991-04-01	1999-11-27	1999-12-24	2002-04-23		95.6
CRUAS-1	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1978-08-01	1983-04-02	1983-04-29	1984-04-02		87.3
CRUAS-2	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1978-11-15	1984-08-01	1984-09-06	1985-04-01		89.6
CRUAS-3	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-04-15	1984-04-09	1984-05-14	1984-09-10		58.4
CRUAS-4	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-10-01	1984-10-01	1984-10-27	1985-02-11		60.5
DAMPIERRE-1	PWR	890	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-02-01	1980-03-15	1980-03-23	1980-09-10		89.3
DAMPIERRE-2	PWR	890	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-04-01	1980-12-05	1980-12-10	1981-02-16		78.4
DAMPIERRE-3	PWR	890	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-09-01	1981-01-25	1981-01-30	1981-05-27		87.9
DAMPIERRE-4	PWR	890	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-12-01	1981-08-05	1981-08-18	1981-11-20		50.3
FESSENHEIM-1	PWR	880	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1971-09-01	1977-03-07	1977-04-06	1978-01-01		71.5
FESSENHEIM-2	PWR	880	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1972-02-01	1977-06-27	1977-10-07	1978-04-01		93.1
FLAMANVILLE-1	PWR	1330	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-12-01	1985-09-29	1985-12-04	1986-12-01		81.2
FLAMANVILLE-2	PWR	1330	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1980-05-01	1986-06-12	1986-07-18	1987-03-09		85.3
GOLFECH-1	PWR	1310	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1982-11-17	1990-04-24	1990-06-07	1991-02-01		78.2
GOLFECH-2	PWR	1310	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1984-10-01	1993-05-21	1993-06-18	1994-03-04		66.9
GRAVELINES-1	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-02-01	1980-02-21	1980-03-13	1980-11-25		83.3
GRAVELINES-2	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-03-01	1980-08-02	1980-08-26	1980-12-01		83.5
GRAVELINES-3	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-12-01	1980-11-30	1980-12-12	1981-06-01		75.4
GRAVELINES-4	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1976-04-01	1981-05-31	1981-06-14	1981-10-01		60.7
GRAVELINES-5	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-10-01	1984-08-05	1984-08-28	1985-01-15		78.3
GRAVELINES-6	PWR	910	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-10-01	1985-07-21	1985-08-01	1985-10-25		75.3
NOGENT-1	PWR	1310	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1981-05-26	1987-09-12	1987-10-21	1988-02-24		88.2
NOGENT-2	PWR	1310	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1982-01-01	1988-10-04	1988-12-14	1989-05-01		85.0
PALUEL-1	PWR	1330	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1977-08-15	1984-05-13	1984-06-22	1985-12-01		85.2
PALUEL-2	PWR	1330	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1978-01-01	1984-08-11	1984-09-14	1985-12-01		85.2
PALUEL-3	PWR	1330	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-02-01	1985-08-07	1985-09-30	1986-02-01		94.8
PALUEL-4	PWR	1330	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1980-02-01	1986-03-29	1986-04-11	1986-06-01		85.4
PENLY-1	PWR	1330	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1982-09-01	1990-04-01	1990-05-04	1990-12-01		78.3
PENLY-2	PWR	1330	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1984-08-01	1992-01-10	1992-02-04	1992-11-01		64.9
ST. ALBAN-1	PWR	1335	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-01-29	1985-08-04	1985-08-30	1986-05-01		73.9
ST. ALBAN-2	PWR	1335	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1979-07-31	1986-06-07	1986-07-03	1987-03-01		97.5
ST. LAURENT B-1	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1976-05-01	1981-01-04	1981-01-21	1983-08-01		82.2
ST. LAURENT B-2	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1976-07-01	1981-05-12	1981-06-01	1983-08-01		78.5
TRICASTIN-1	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1974-11-01	1980-02-21	1980-05-31	1980-12-01		86.9
TRICASTIN-2	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1974-12-01	1980-07-22	1980-08-07	1980-12-01		87.2
TRICASTIN-3	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-04-01	1980-11-29	1981-02-10	1981-05-11		72.4
TRICASTIN-4	PWR	915	Operational	EDF	FRAM	1975-05-01	1981-05-31	1981-06-12	1981-11-01		66.6
FLAMANVILLE-3	PWR	1600	Under Construction	EDF	AREVA	2007-12-03	2016-12-30	2016-12-31
BUGEY-1	GCR	540	Permanent Shutdown	EDF	FRAM	1965-12-01	1972-03-21	1972-04-15	1972-07-01	1994-05-27
CHINON A-1	GCR	70	Permanent Shutdown	EDF	LEVIVIER	1957-02-01	1962-09-16	1963-06-14	1964-02-01	1973-04-16
CHINON A-2	GCR	180	Permanent Shutdown	EDF	LEVIVIER	1959-08-01	1964-08-17	1965-02-24	1965-02-24	1985-06-14
CHINON A-3	GCR	360	Permanent Shutdown	EDF	GTM	1961-03-01	1966-03-01	1966-08-04	1966-08-04	1990-06-15
CHOOZ-A (ARDENNES)	PWR	305	Permanent Shutdown	SENA	A/F/W	1962-01-01	1966-10-18	1967-04-03	1967-04-15	1991-10-30
EL-4 (MONTS D'ARREE)	HWGCR	70	Permanent Shutdown	EDF	GAAA	1962-07-01	1966-12-23	1967-07-09	1968-06-01	1985-07-31
G-2 (MARCOULE)	GCR	39	Permanent Shutdown	COGEMA	SACM	1955-03-01	1958-07-21	1959-04-22	1959-04-22	1980-02-02
G-3 (MARCOULE)	GCR	40	Permanent Shutdown	COGEMA	SACM	1956-03-01	1959-06-11	1960-04-04	1960-04-04	1984-06-20
PHENIX	FBR	130	Operational	CEA/EDF	CNCLNEY	1968-11-01	1973-08-31	1973-12-13	1974-07-14	2010-02-01 23:59:00	0.0
ST. LAURENT A-1	GCR	390	Permanent Shutdown	EDF	FRAM	1963-10-01	1969-01-07	1969-03-14	1969-06-01	1990-04-18
ST. LAURENT A-2	GCR	465	Permanent Shutdown	EDF	FRAM	1966-01-01	1971-07-04	1971-08-09	1971-11-01	1992-05-27
SUPER-PHENIX	FBR	1200	Permanent Shutdown	EDF	ASPALDO	1976-12-13	1985-09-07	1986-01-14	1986-12-01	1998-12-31

Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table 7 is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.