This is undoubtedly the greatest success of the energy transition. The number of French people producing renewable electricity (individuals and companies) will reach one million in 2024. “This is a record of which we are very proud,” said Marianne Laigneau, president of the board of directors of Enedis, on Wednesday. in BFM Business This is 10 times more than five years ago. This year we connected 5 gigawatts of electricity, a new record (in 2019, before Covid, it was 2.2 gigawatts which demonstrates the tremendous acceleration of this development).
The connection rate continues to accelerate. It currently reaches 300,000 per year, which should allow this figure to double by 1 million in the next three years. A trend that is mainly due to the photovoltaic panels that proliferate on the roofs of houses and businesses.
Equipment that is currently used mainly for self-consumption. Of the country’s million electricity producers, 600,000 consume it themselves, compared to only a few thousand before the Covid period. “60% of them are located in municipalities with less than 2,000 inhabitants. It is also a phenomenon of rurality or even hyper-rurality,” says the head of Enedis.
From 2 to 18 million vehicles
An increase in electricity production that France will really need in the coming years. Enedis has published a prospective study on the evolution of demand until 2035. That year (which will be in particular the year of the ban on the sale of thermal vehicles), electricity consumption will have increased by 15% annually compared to the reference year. 2019.
Specifically, total electricity consumption for mobility will increase from the equivalent of the Landes department to half that of the entire Île-de-France in 2035.
96 billion euros of investments
This will require very large investments. Enedis estimates the total investments planned in the network until 2040 at 96 billion euros to connect people and companies, but also to make the network more resistant to growing climate dangers. Amounts that will be financed largely by the final consumers of electricity.
While electricity bills are expected to drop on February 1, 2025, Enedis wants to increase its share of the total price to finance investment in its network.
Source: BFM TV