Wind farms generate 14.56% of all power in France on Nov 27

November 28 (Renewables Now) - Wind turbines supplied 155,722 MWh of electricity to France's grid on November 27, reaching a share of 14.56%.

In all, France's power plants produced 1,069,878 MWh that day, based on live data by transmission system operator (TSO) RTE.

Solar power plants generated 21,888 MWh, which is equal to a 2.05% share.

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

Power source	Power output in MWh	Share in %
Biomass	9,872	0.92
Coal	15,326	1.43
Natural gas	87,559	8.18
Nuclear	714,808	66.81
Oil	4,777	0.45
Run-of-river and poundage hydro	76,947	7.19
Pumped storage hydro	-35,694	-3.34
Water reservoir hydro	15,755	1.47
Solar	21,888	2.05
Waste	2,918	0.27
Wind onshore	155,722	14.56

In the period from November 22 to November 26, the share of wind power in the country declined gradually from 19.82% to 8.15%.