2012 Activity and sustainable development report - RTE

2012 IN FIGURESFRENCH ELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONAND CO 2 EMISSIONSINSTALLED POWERAs at 31 December 2012PRODUCTION AND EMISSIONSINSTALLED POWERMT CO 2TWH VARIATION GW VARIATIONNuclear 0 404.9 - 3.8% 63.1 0%Fossil-fuel thermal 26.4 47.9 - 7.0% 27.8 0%• coal 17.4 18.1 + 35.1% 7.9 - 0.4%• oil 2.3 6.6 - 13.2% 9.4 - 9.3%• gas 6.7 23.2 - 23.7% 10.5 + 10.3%Hydro-electricity 0 63.8 + 26.8% 25.4 0%Wind turbines 0 14.9 + 23.1% 7.4 + 11.3%Photovoltaic 0 4.0 + 66.7% 3.5 + 40.4%Other renewable energy sources 3.1 5.9 + 5.4% 1.4 + 8.4%Net production 29.51 541.4 - 0.3% 128.7 + 1.5%French electricity production fellby 0.3% compared to 2011. The shareof electricity generated from renewableenergy sources stood at 16.4%, of which4.6% excluding hydro-electricity, whichis the highest level in the last fi ve years.CO 2emissions increased by 7.3%,because of the greater use of coal,very competitively priced, insteadof natural gas.Installed power rose by 1,865 MW,mostly owing to the developmentof photovoltaic and wind energy.GROSS FRENCH ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (IN TWh)480495487513479489.5Gross French electricity consumptionincreased by 2.1% compared to 2011because it was a colder year and a leap year.Private and professional consumption grew2.4%. It fell by 4% in large industries and by1% in small- and medium-size companiesbecause of the economic crisis. Whenclimate factors are removed, annualconsumption was stable at around 480 TWh.since 2003. The sensitivity of electricityconsumption is roughly 2,300 MW perdegree Celsius in the winter.Peak consumption hit a record levelof 102,100 MW on 8 February 2012 at 7 p.m.during a cold spell that was one of the mostsevere in the last thirty years.070809101112The gap between the highest point ofconsumption in the winter peak and thelowest point in the summer is now71,500 MW. This figure has risen by 36%400 MWof load shedding contracts weresigned with manufacturers in 2012.RTE | IN LINE WITH THE FUTURE75