Bilan énergétique de la France en 2024 - Données provisoires

France's energy balance in 2024 - Provisional data

In 2024, primary energy production increases significantly (+9.9%) due to improved availability of nuclear reactors. Renewable energy production also continues to grow, after a sharp increase in 2023. Primary consumption, which illustrates the domestic energy demand, rises only slightly (+1.9%) despite the increase in heat losses due to the increase of the nuclear production. Final energy consumption, after transformation and internal use by the energy branch, remains stable (-0.1%) in a context of high energy prices for end-users and the promotion of sobriety. Adjusted for climatic variations, it actually rises by 0.3%. Efforts to restrain natural gas and electricity consumption, observed since the end of 2022, are eroding slightly. Consumption in buildings only fall due to milder winter temperatures than in 2023 and a colder summer, reducing the need for air-conditioning in offices. In 2024, transport energy consumption remains stable (-0.1%). Energy imports, net of exports, fall again, after having already declined in 2023 (-9.8%, after -12.0%). Combined with lower fossil fuel prices, the reduction in the balance of physical exchanges leads to a 21% drop in France's energy bill in 2024