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la production d'électricité EDF

fossil-fired power

Fossil-fired power plants make it possible to finely adapt the amount of power generated to the amount of power being consumed.
These flexible and responsive facilities are essential in providing an immediate response to power fluctuations.

In order to meet the increasing demand for electrical power, EDF is upgrading its fleet of fossil-fired power plants by improving the technical and environmental performance of existing plants and building new fossil-fired facilities.

learn about fossil-fired power plants in France

> download the map of fossil-fired generation sites in France - text in French (PDF, 274 Kb)

> in the collection "The future of our energy" : the Fossil-Fired Energy


Key EDF figures for 2008

15 fossil-fired power plants

14.8

GWe of installed capacity

19.8

TWh generated

4.1%

of EDF's power generation

consult EDF Group 2008 annual report