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France's Energy Mix

This dataset covers the full French electricity system: national consumption, generation by source (nuclear, solar, wind, hydro…), cross-border flows, and carbon intensity at 15-minute intervals. Source: the éCO2mix open data portal published by RTE, France's transmission system operator.

Source

RTE — Réseau de Transport d'Électricité, France

Frequency

Every 15 minutes

Coverage

January 2012 → present

Columns

16

Stories

Dataset quality · 9 good · 7 fair · 0 poor

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Who Buys French Electricity?

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Schema

temporal

date_heure

datetime

Timestamp at start of 15-minute interval (UTC+1)

consumption

consommation

integer (MW)

National electricity consumption

prevision_j

integer (MW)

Day-ahead consumption forecast (J-1)

taux_co2

integer (gCO₂/kWh)

Grid carbon intensity

ech_physiques

integer (MW)

Net physical import/export balance (negative = export)

generation

nucleaire

integer (MW)

Nuclear generation

hydraulique

integer (MW)

Total hydro generation (run-of-river + reservoir + pumped storage)

gaz

integer (MW)

Natural gas generation (all types)

bioenergies

integer (MW)

Bioenergy generation

fioul

integer (MW)

Aggregated oil and coal generation

renewables

eolien

integer (MW)

Total wind generation (onshore + offshore)

solaire

integer (MW)

Solar PV generation

trade

ech_comm_angleterre

integer (MW)

Commercial exchange with the UK

ech_comm_espagne

integer (MW)

Commercial exchange with Spain

ech_comm_italie

integer (MW)

Commercial exchange with Italy

ech_comm_suisse

integer (MW)

Commercial exchange with Switzerland

Source

RTE — Réseau de Transport d'Électricité, France ↗