Wind parks produce 4.42% of France’s electricity on May 12

May 13 (Renewables Now) - France's wind parks produced 47,413 MWh of electricity on May 12, thus accounting for 4.42% of the total power output in the country for the day.

In all, France's power plants produced 1,072,378 MWh that day, based on live data by transmission system operator (TSO) RTE.

With 62,112 MWh produced, the share of solar power was to 5.79%.

Generation data per power source is available in the table below.

Energy source	Power output in MWh	Share in %
Biomass	13,292	1.24
Coal	514	0.05
Natural gas	118,872	11.08
Nuclear	674,948	62.94
Oil	3,511	0.33
Run-of-river and poundage hydro	118,673	11.07
Pumped storage hydro	5,220	0.49
Water reservoir hydro	24,246	2.26
Solar	62,112	5.79
Waste	3,577	0.33
Wind onshore	47,413	4.42