Wind’s share in France’s power generation arrives at 5.34% on May 10

May 11 (Renewables Now) - France's wind parks generated 58,236 MWh of electricity on May 10, thus accounting for 5.34% of the total power output in the country for the day.

In all, France's power plants produced 1,089,677 MWh that day, based on live data by transmission system operator (TSO) RTE.

The share of solar power was 7.49%, with 81,662 MWh produced.

Details are available in the table below.

Power source	Power output in MWh	Share in %
Biomass	13,804	1.27
Coal	365	0.03
Natural gas	113,066	10.38
Nuclear	669,449	61.44
Oil	4,160	0.38
Run-of-river and poundage hydro	111,840	10.26
Pumped storage hydro	6,424	0.59
Water reservoir hydro	26,618	2.44
Solar	81,662	7.49
Waste	4,053	0.37
Wind onshore	58,236	5.34