September 26 (Renewables Now) - The share of wind power in total power generation in France reached 4.61% on September 25 as wind turbines produced 51,661 MWh.
In all, France's power plants produced 1,121,642 MWh that day, based on live data by transmission system operator (TSO) RTE.
Solar parks generated 82,890 MWh, which is equal to a 7.39% share.
Details are available in the table below.
| Power source | Power output in MWh | Share in % |
| Biomass | 8,556 | 0.76 |
| Coal | 111 | 0.01 |
| Natural gas | 44,796 | 3.99 |
| Nuclear | 833,749 | 74.33 |
| Oil | 3,151 | 0.28 |
| Run-of-river and poundage hydro | 66,103 | 5.89 |
| Pumped storage hydro | 5,342 | 0.48 |
| Water reservoir hydro | 22,438 | 2.00 |
| Solar | 82,890 | 7.39 |
| Waste | 1,503 | 0.13 |
| Wind onshore | 51,661 | 4.61 |
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