From electricity capacity to production: a focus on load factor and the French electricity mix

Electricity production and usage is a daily subject in the press in relation to the reduction of CO₂ emissions. The objective of this article is to present the French electricity production system and capacity in FY20, with a perspective of their evolution since 2012, detailing the different types of electricity production with their respective CO 2 emissions and practicality. We present the key feature of the load factor for a power plant, which is very different between thermal and renewable power plants and has material implications in terms of renewables’ capacity to build and to replace thermal capacity.

Full report: https://files.qivalio.net/publications/publication-40/French electricity mix_25Nov21_pdf.pdf