In 2023, electricity consumption in France represented 445.4 TWh, a decline of 3.2% compared to 2022. The decline “concerned all sectors’ (residential, industrial, tertiary), underlines RTE.
Hydropower has also recovered (+18%), thanks to better water reserves, but it is closely followed by wind power (50.7 TWh compared to 58.8 for hydraulics) which has experienced a boom. Solar production also reached “record volumes” (21.5 TWh ).