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This page shows the energy use for France, using 1.81 percent of world gross inland consumption for 66.9 million inhabitants in 2018. Energy is typically specified in Million metric Ton of Oil Equivalent [Mtoe] for large quantities. This work prefers to use TeraWatt-hours (TWh) instead, which is obtained by multiplying the a value expressed in Mtoe with a factor 11.63 . To allow an easy comparison between countries, we normalize the TWh value to kiloWatt-hour per day (kWh/d/p) per person. Day to day energy production or consumption can fluctuate from a kWh/d/p value, for example space heating consumes more energy in the winter season.

These values are summarized in table 0.1 . The first two columns show the gross inland energy consumption and gross renewable and biofuel consumptions. We do so since some renewable and biofuel sources are converted to electricity for final energy consumption. The third column shows the total final energy consumption of France. The fourth column shows the electricity consumption, which is a part of the final energy consumption.

The main data source for this page are the Eurostat energy balances, edition January 2020. A population plot of France and a list of data source references are available below.

Table 0.1 Energy summary for France in 2015.
Gross inland consumptionGross renewable and biofuel consumptionFinal energy consumptionElectricity consumption
260 Mtoe24.4 Mtoe140 Mtoe37.7 Mtoe
3030 TWh284 TWh1630 TWh438 TWh
125 kWh/d/p11.7 kWh/d/p67.2 kWh/d/p18.1 kWh/d/p
100 % (gross)9.39 % (gross)53.8 % (gross)14.5 % (gross)
186 % (final)17.4 % (final)100 % (final)26.9 % (final)
Gross inland energy consumption in 2015 for France
Figure 0.1 France yearly gross inland energy consumption, split according to fuel type.
monthly average percentage of solar PV, heating and cooling degree days for Paris in France
Figure 0.2 Monthly average percentage of solar photovoltaics, heating and cooling degree days for Paris in France.
Energy balance summary, using kWh/d/p to express energy consumption
normalized final energy in kWh/d/p for France
Figure 1.1 Yearly final energy consumption in kWh/d/p for France.

Table 1.1 Final energy consumption in kWh/d/p for France in 2015.
France 2015 [kWh/d/p]TotalElectricityOil and petroleum productsNatural gasSolid fossil fuelsRenewables and biofuelsNuclear heatNon-renewable wasteHeat
Gross inland consumption125
+1.28%		-2.64
-5.07%		39.0
+0.83%		16.8
+7.03%		4.48
-5.78%		11.7
+3.39%		54.7
-0.22%		0.82
+2.61%		0.0
Final energy consumption67.2
+1.98%		18.1
+1.78%		27.2
+0.41%		13.2
+2.97%		0.54
+4.1%		6.43
+5.83%		0.0
0.21
-6.35%		1.5
+10.2%
  + Industry sector  12.9
  -0.71%		  5.06
  -1.37%		  1.4
  +0.98%		  4.54
  -2.98%		  0.5
  +4.23%		  0.65
  +9.39%		  0.0
  		  0.16
  -4.09%		  0.57
  +6.57%
  + Transport sector  21.9
  +0.55%		  0.45
  +1.04%		  19.9
  +0.47%		  0.045
  +2.08%		  0.0
  		  1.44
  +1.39%		  0.0
  		  0.0
  		  0.0
  
  + Other sectors  32.4
  +4.11%		  12.6
  +3.13%		  5.91
  =0.0%		  8.58
  +6.44%		  0.039
  +2.5%		  4.34
  +6.85%		  0.0
  		  0.045
  -13.7%		  0.94
  +12.5%
    ++ Services    11.1
    +3.45%		    5.74
    +2.01%		    1.31
    +3.57%		    3.31
    +5.85%		    0.02
    +2.18%		    0.31
    +1.63%		    0.0
    		    0.045
    -13.7%		    0.35
    +9.39%
    ++ Households    18.8
    +5.2%		    6.41
    +3.84%		    2.66
    =0.0%		    5.17
    +7.21%		    0.017
    +3.06%		    3.94
    +7.32%		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.58
    +14.9%
    ++ Agri/forest    2.04
    =0.0%		    0.36
    +7.77%		    1.5
    -1.06%		    0.095
    -11.0%		    0.001
    -0.44%		    0.082
    +5.62%		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0033
    -28.5%
    ++ Fishing    0.15
    -6.37%		    0.0079
    -1.48%		    0.14
    -6.83%		    0.00036
    +5.47%		    0.0
    		    0.004
    -0.44%		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0
    
Energy balance summary, using percent to express energy consumption.
final energy in percent for France
Figure 1.2 Yearly final energy consumption in percent for France.

Table 1.2 Final energy consumption in percent for France in 2015.
France 2015 [percent]TotalElectricityOil and petroleum productsNatural gasSolid fossil fuelsRenewables and biofuelsNuclear heatNon-renewable wasteHeat
Gross inland consumption186%
-1.29%		-3.93%
+0.29%		58.0%
-0.66%		25.0%
+1.18%		6.67%
-0.55%		17.4%
+0.24%		81.4%
-1.8%		1.22%
=0.0%		0.0%
=0.0%
Final energy consumption100%
=0.0%		26.9%
=0.0%		40.6%
-0.64%		19.6%
+0.19%		0.81%
=0.0%		9.57%
+0.35%		0.0%
=0.0%		0.31%
=0.0%		2.24%
+0.17%
  + Industry sector  19.2%
  -0.52%		  7.54%
  -0.26%		  2.08%
  =0.0%		  6.76%
  -0.35%		  0.75%
  =0.0%		  0.97%
  =0.0%		  0.0%
  =0.0%		  0.24%
  =0.0%		  0.85%
  =0.0%
  + Transport sector  32.6%
  -0.46%		  0.67%
  =0.0%		  29.7%
  -0.45%		  0.067%
  =0.0%		  0.0%
  =0.0%		  2.14%
  =0.0%		  0.0%
  =0.0%		  0.0%
  =0.0%		  0.0%
  =0.0%
  + Other sectors  48.2%
  +0.99%		  18.7%
  +0.21%		  8.81%
  -0.17%		  12.8%
  +0.53%		  0.058%
  =0.0%		  6.46%
  +0.29%		  0.0%
  =0.0%		  0.067%
  =0.0%		  1.39%
  +0.13%
    ++ Services    16.5%
    +0.23%		    8.55%
    =0.0%		    1.95%
    =0.0%		    4.93%
    +0.18%		    0.03%
    =0.0%		    0.46%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.067%
    =0.0%		    0.52%
    =0.0%
    ++ Households    28.0%
    +0.85%		    9.54%
    +0.17%		    3.96%
    =0.0%		    7.7%
    +0.38%		    0.026%
    =0.0%		    5.87%
    +0.29%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.87%
    =0.0%
    ++ Agri/forest    3.03%
    =0.0%		    0.53%
    =0.0%		    2.23%
    =0.0%		    0.14%
    =0.0%		    0.0015%
    =0.0%		    0.12%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0049%
    =0.0%
    ++ Fishing    0.22%
    =0.0%		    0.012%
    =0.0%		    0.2%
    =0.0%		    0.00053%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0059%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%
Energy balance summary, using TWh to express energy consumption
final energy in TWh for France
Figure 1.3 Yearly final energy consumption in TWh for France.

Table 1.3 Final energy consumption in TWh for France in 2015.
France 2015 [TWh]TotalElectricityOil and petroleum productsNatural gasSolid fossil fuelsRenewables and biofuelsNuclear heatNon-renewable wasteHeat
Gross inland consumption3030
+1.73%		-64.1
-4.65%		945
+1.28%		408
+7.5%		109
-5.36%		284
+3.85%		1330
+0.22%		19.8
+3.06%		0.0
Final energy consumption1630
+2.43%		438
+2.23%		661
+0.85%		319
+3.43%		13.1
+4.56%		156
+6.3%		0.0
5.04
-5.93%		36.5
+10.7%
  + Industry sector  313
  -0.27%		  123
  -0.94%		  33.9
  +1.42%		  110
  -2.56%		  12.2
  +4.69%		  15.8
  +9.88%		  0.0
  		  3.95
  -3.67%		  13.8
  +7.04%
  + Transport sector  530
  +0.99%		  11.0
  +1.48%		  484
  +0.92%		  1.08
  +2.53%		  0.0
  		  34.8
  +1.83%		  0.0
  		  0.0
  		  0.0
  
  + Other sectors  786
  +4.57%		  304
  +3.59%		  143
  +0.48%		  208
  +6.91%		  0.94
  +2.95%		  105
  +7.33%		  0.0
  		  1.09
  -13.3%		  22.7
  +13.0%
    ++ Services    269
    +3.91%		    139
    +2.46%		    31.7
    +4.03%		    80.3
    +6.32%		    0.49
    +2.63%		    7.55
    +2.08%		    0.0
    		    1.09
    -13.3%		    8.48
    +9.87%
    ++ Households    455
    +5.66%		    155
    +4.3%		    64.4
    +0.36%		    125
    +7.68%		    0.42
    +3.51%		    95.6
    +7.8%		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    14.2
    +15.4%
    ++ Agri/forest    49.4
    +0.48%		    8.62
    +8.24%		    36.4
    -0.62%		    2.3
    -10.7%		    0.025
    =0.0%		    1.98
    +6.08%		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.079
    -28.2%
    ++ Fishing    3.57
    -5.96%		    0.19
    -1.05%		    3.28
    -6.42%		    0.0087
    +5.94%		    0.0
    		    0.096
    =0.0%		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0
    
Renewables and biofuel gross inland energy consumption
gross inland consumption of renewables and biofuels for France
Figure 1.4 Yearly gross inland consumption of renewables and biofuels for France.

Table 1.4 Gross inland consumtion of renewables and biofuels for France in 2015.
France 2015 renewables and biofuels[percent (gross)][percent (final)][kWh/d/p][percent][TWh]
Gross inland consumption100% (gross)186% (final)1251070%3030
Renewables and biofuels - gross inland consumption9.39% (gross)17.4% (final)11.7100%284
  Hydro (12.7% of electricity)  1.84% (gross)  3.41% (final)  2.29  19.6%  55.6
  Tide, wave, ocean (0.11% of electricity)  0.016% (gross)  0.03% (final)  0.02  0.17%  0.49
  Wind (4.89% of electricity)  0.71% (gross)  1.31% (final)  0.88  7.54%  21.4
  Solar photovoltaic (1.77% of electricity)  0.26% (gross)  0.48% (final)  0.32  2.73%  7.75
  Solar thermal  0.062% (gross)  0.11% (final)  0.077  0.66%  1.87
  Geothermal  0.12% (gross)  0.22% (final)  0.15  1.24%  3.53
  Primary solid biofuels  3.79% (gross)  7.04% (final)  4.73  40.4%  115
  Charcoal  0.0% (gross)  0.0% (final)  0.0  0.0%  0.0
  Biogases  0.28% (gross)  0.52% (final)  0.35  2.97%  8.44
  Renewable municipal waste  0.47% (gross)  0.88% (final)  0.59  5.03%  14.3
  Pure biogasoline  0.17% (gross)  0.31% (final)  0.21  1.77%  5.03
  Blended biogasoline  0.001% (gross)  0.0019% (final)  0.0013  0.011%  0.031
  Pure biodiesels  0.99% (gross)  1.83% (final)  1.23  10.5%  29.8
  Blended biodiesels  -0.014% (gross)  -0.025% (final)  -0.017  -0.15%  -0.41
  Pure bio jet kerosene  0.0% (gross)  0.0% (final)  0.0  0.0%  0.0
  Blended bio jet kerosene  0.0% (gross)  0.0% (final)  0.0  0.0%  0.0
  Other liquid biofuels  0.0028% (gross)  0.0053% (final)  0.0035  0.03%  0.086
  Ambient heat (heat pumps)  0.71% (gross)  1.32% (final)  0.89  7.57%  21.5
Population trend
Population trend of France
Figure 2.1 Population trend for France.

Acknowledgement: We would like to express our gratitude to Eurostat, part of the European Commission, for allowing free re-use of energy balances and related data. Website: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy.

Disclaimer: This work provides a summary of the original data, converting ktoe (kilo ton oil equivalent) values to other energy units such as relative percentages, TWh (TeraWatt-hours) and normalized kWh/d/p (kiloWatt-hours per day per person) values. Values are rounded to 3 significant digits. Eurostat is not responsible for data conversion or rounding errors in doing so.

Other visualizations: Since 2022 Eurostat provides a set of interactive visualization tools for energy at ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/visualisations. For energy balances Total energy supply is used there, which is equivalent to the Gross inland consumption minus the energy of international aviation.

References:

[1]
Eurostat yearly energy balances. This work uses edition June 2020 (up to year 2018). The energy data is converted to TWh (terra Watt-hour) and derived units.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/data/energy-balances
[2]
Energy balance guide - new methodology. Explain the use(fulness) of energy balances, as well as how they are constructed.
energy.at-site.be/eurostat/energy-balance-guide-01-2019.pdf
[3]
EU energy in figures, Statistical pocketbook 2019, ISBN 978-92-76-08818-9. Visualizes energy statistics up to 2017. The glossary in appendix 7 explains energy terminology.
doi: 10.2833/197947
[4]
The number of persons having their usual residence in a country on 1 January of a given year.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tps00001/default/table
[5]
PVGIS 5 post processed data plots for Paris -- Additionally, Renewables.ninja post processed data plots for France can be found at energy.at-site.be/ninja/EU/France .
energy.at-site.be/pvgis/EU/Paris

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