Hydropower in France
Real-time generation from transmission system operator data, with history and context.
Now
4,012MW
measured by the source
Share of generation
8.5%
History — 24 hours
24 hours · 48 hours · 7 days · 30 days · 90 days · 1 year · all
Breakdown now
Run-of-river hydro
1,921MW
Hydro reservoir
1,089MW
Pumped-storage hydro
1,002MW
About hydropower
Hydropower has three faces: run-of-river plants produce as much as the river carries, reservoirs produce when the system needs them, and pumped storage is storage — it uses energy to pump water uphill and recovers it later, with losses.
That is why pumped storage does NOT count towards the renewable share: the energy it recovers is the energy put into the pumps beforehand, wherever that came from. Run-of-river and reservoir hydro, on the other hand, are renewable.