French renewable electricity production continues to grow. It reached 136 terawatt hours (TWh) last year, compared to 110.4 TWh a year earlier. Almost all sectors are affected, with a regular increase in installed production capacities. Thus, last year, the production of photovoltaic electricity increased by nearly 16.5% compared to 2022. After a year marked by drought, hydraulic power showed strong growth, to represent nearly 40% of renewables and 12.5% of continental electricity consumption.
For the first time, offshore wind power is taken into account in the panorama of renewable electricity established by the manager of the Electricity Transmission Network (RTE), Enedis, the Renewable Energies Union (SER) and the ORE agency (energy data specialist), with first commissioning of offshore parks. Even if their contribution is still modest, at 0.4% of French consumption. On land, wind turbines set a new record, at 48.9 TWh, up 27.7%. Only electricity production from bioenergy (which includes waste recovery) fell by 1.6%, to 8.4 TWh. With the rise in nuclear production to 320 TWh, renewables have contributed to the relaxation of electricity prices.
Furthermore, the campaign to send energy checks for the year 2024 begins on April 2 and runs until April 25, 2024. It concerns nearly 5.6 million low-income households in France, who will receive the energy check without any action. prior. Its amount is between 48 and 277 euros depending on income and the composition of the household.