2024-07-22 17:06:02
After a historic energy crisis in 2022, exacerbated by numerous problems at its nuclear power plants, France once again became Europe’s leading electricity exporter in 2023. France’s net electricity exports last year exceeded 50 TWh, putting it ahead of Sweden and Norway, two countries that often top the list due to their high hydroelectric output; the two Scandinavian countries achieved net exports of 28.6 TWh and 17.3 TWh, respectively. In 2022, the year that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, France was forced to import 16.5 TWh to meet its electricity needs.
As our infographic shows, according to data from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-e) compiled by Energy Charts, French nuclear fleetLast year, France imported electricity from several of its European neighbors. France actually delivered just over 21 TWh of electricity to Italy and imported 1.11 TWh of electricity from the country, for a total net export of 20.03 TWh. It was followed by Switzerland (16.36 TWh net) and the United Kingdom (13.23 TWh net). Although France also exported a lot of electricity to Spain (9.81 TWh in total), it imported even more from neighboring Spain (11.69 TWh), which was also one of Europe’s largest exporters last year thanks to its infrastructure. solar wait Wind Turbines.
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