France swung from power importer to record exporter
France's net electricity exports (exports minus imports), TWh, selected years 2002–2025.
France's net power exports in 2025, the highest in its history and a record for the second year running.
In 2022 France was a net importer, for the first time since 1980.
Italy was the biggest net buyer in 2025, ahead of Germany/Belgium (23.1) and Great Britain (22.6).
the numbers
| Net electricity exports (TWh) | |
|---|---|
| 2002 (old record) | 77.0 |
| 2022 (net importer) | -16.5 |
| 2024 | 89.0 |
| 2025 (record) | 92.3 |
source notes & method
2025 (92.3) and 2024 (89) from RTE Bilan 2025. 2022 (−16.5, first net import year since 1980) from RTE's Bilan 2022 press release. 2002 (77 TWh, the record before 2024) is RTE's figure as quoted by opera-energie.com; not read in an RTE document. Only selected years shown; intermediate years omitted, not interpolated. 2025 border flows (net): Italy +26.2, Germany/Belgium +23.1, Great Britain +22.6, Switzerland +20.1, Spain +0.2 TWh; exports 103.6, imports 11.3 TWh.
Published 3 Nov 2026
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