Wind farms produce 8.52% of all electricity in France on Jun 5

June 6 (Renewables Now) - Wind turbines generated 8.52%, or 77,881 MWh, of all electricity in France on June 5.

Power plants in the country produced 913,912 MWh for the whole day, based on live data by transmission system operator (TSO) RTE.

The country's solar power output for the day amounted to 60,393 MWh for a 6.61% share of total power generation.

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

Energy source	Power generation in MWh	Share in %
Biomass	13,194	1.44
Coal	398	0.04
Natural gas	45,580	4.99
Nuclear	615,921	67.39
Oil	3,416	0.37
Run-of-river and poundage hydro	94,752	10.37
Pumped storage hydro	-19,676	-2.15
Water reservoir hydro	17,951	1.96
Solar	60,393	6.61
Waste	4,102	0.45
Wind onshore	77,881	8.52

On June 3, wind turbines supplied 54,851 MWh of electricity to France's grid, reaching a share of 5.12%. A day later, local wind parks generated 57,361 MWh of electricity, thus accounting for 5.94% of the total power output in the country for the day.