List of power stations in France
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Geothermal
| Station | Capacity (MW) | Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Status |
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| Bouillante 2 Power Plant | 15 | Bouillante, Gouadaloupe | Operational |
Nuclear
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Type | Capacity, MWe | Operational | Notes |
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| Belleville NPP | Belleville-sur-Loire Belleville-sur-Loire Belleville-sur-Loire is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A farming village with a nuclear power station situated by the banks of the river Loire, some northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D82, D951 and the D751 roads... |
47.510534°N 2.8761864°E | 2x 1310 | |||
| Blayais NPP Blayais Nuclear Power Plant The Blayais Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear plant on the banks of the Gironde estuary near Blaye, South Western France operated by Électricité de France.-Description:... |
Braud-et-Saint-Louis Braud-et-Saint-Louis Braud-et-Saint-Louis is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*... |
45.255833°N 0.693056°W | 4 reactors | |||
| Brennilis NPP Brennilis Nuclear Power Plant The Brennilis Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned site located in the Monts d'Arrée in the commune of Brennilis in Finistère, France.-History:... |
Brennilis Brennilis Brennilis is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Brennilis are called in French Brennilisiens.-See also:*Communes of the Finistère department*Brennilis Nuclear Power Plant... |
48.3533°N 3.872203°W | 70 | heavy water Heavy water Heavy water is water highly enriched in the hydrogen isotope deuterium; e.g., heavy water used in CANDU reactors is 99.75% enriched by hydrogen atom-fraction... reactor, only one of its kind in France |
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| Bugey NPP Bugey Nuclear Power Plant The Bugey Nuclear Power Station is located in Bugey in the Saint-Vulbas commune , about 30 km from the Swiss border. The site occupies 100 hectares. It is on the edge of the Rhône River, from where it gets its cooling water, and is about 30 km upstream from Lyon... |
Saint-Vulbas Saint-Vulbas Saint-Vulbas is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*... |
45.798333°N 5.270833°E | 4 reactors | and 1 closed reactor | ||
| Cattenom NPP Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant The Cattenom Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Lorraine in the Cattenom commune, France on the Moselle River between Thionville and Trier... |
Cattenom Cattenom Cattenom is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It lies about 8 kilometres north of Thionville.-Nuclear power station:... |
49.4158°N 6.2181°E | 4x 1300 | |||
| Chinon NPP Chinon Nuclear Power Plant The Chinon Nuclear Power Plant is near the town of Avoine in the French Indre et Loire département, on the Loire river . The power station has seven reactors, of which three are now closed.... |
Avoine Avoine, Indre-et-Loire Avoine is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is noted for its thriving chess club.-Population:... |
47.230556°N 0.170556°E | 4 reactors | and 3 closed reactors | ||
| Chooz NPP Chooz Nuclear Power Plant The Chooz Nuclear Power Station lies in the municipality of Chooz in the Ardennes department, France, on the Meuse in a panhandle protruding into Belgium, between the French city of Charleville-Mézières and the Belgian municipality of Dinant.... |
Chooz Chooz, Ardennes Chooz is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.The Chooz Nuclear Power Plant is located in Chooz.-Population:... |
50.09°N 4.789444°E | 2x 1455 1x 310 |
1967-1991 |
first PWR reactor in Europe |
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| Civaux NPP Civaux Nuclear Power Plant The Civaux Nuclear Power Plant is located in the commune of Civaux at the edge of Vienne River between Confolens and Chauvigny , and 34 km south-east of Poitiers.... |
Civaux Civaux Civaux is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.... |
46.456667°N 0.652778°E | 2x 1455 | |||
| Cruas NPP Cruas Nuclear Power Plant The Cruas Nuclear Power Station is a Nuclear power plant located in Cruas and Meysse communes, Ardèche next to the Rhône River in France. The site is 35km north of Tricastin Nuclear Power Center and near the town of Montélimar.... |
Cruas Cruas Cruas is a commune by the Rhône River in the Ardèche department in southern France.The village has a Romanesque abbey with a crypt.-Population:-External links:**... |
44.633056°N 4.756667°E | 4 reactors | |||
| Dampierre NPP | Dampierre-en-Burly Dampierre-en-Burly Dampierre-en-Burly is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.-See also:*Communes of the Loiret department... |
47.7336808°N 2.5172853°E | 4x 890 | |||
| Fessenheim NPP | Fessenheim Fessenheim Fessenheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is known for:* its hydroelectric power plant on the Grand Canal d'Alsace ;... |
47.9032247°N 7.5623059°E | 2x 880 | oldest PWR reactors in France still in commercial operation | ||
| Flamanville NPP Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant The Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant is located at Flamanville, Manche, France on the Cotentin Peninsula.It houses two pressurized water reactors that produce 1300 MWe each and came into service in 1986 and 1987, respectively. It produced 18.9 TWh in 2005, which amounted to 4% of the electricity... |
Flamanville Flamanville, Manche Flamanville is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.- Port :The port of Flamanville, in the northern part of the commune, is known as Diélette... |
49.536389°N 1.881667°W | 2x 1330 1630 |
the first EPR European Pressurized Reactor The EPR is a third generation pressurized water reactor design. It has been designed and developed mainly by Framatome , Electricité de France in France, and Siemens AG in Germany... reactor in France, under construction |
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| Golfech NPP Golfech Nuclear Power Plant The Golfech Nuclear Power Plant is located in the commune of Golfech , on the border of Garonne between Agen and Toulouse on the Garonne River, from where it gets cooling water, and approximately 40 km west of Montauban.The station has two operating nuclear reactors that are both pressurized... |
Golfech Golfech Golfech is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.It neighbours the larger town of Valence d'Agen and stands on the N113 road between Bordeaux and Toulouse and beside the canal de Garonne and railway that also link the cities... |
44.1067°N 0.8453°E | 2 reactors | |||
| Gravelines NPP Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant The Gravelines Nuclear Power Station is the fifth largest nuclear power station in the world. It is located in Nord, France, approximately from Dunkerque and Calais. Its cooling water comes from the North Sea. The plant houses 6 nuclear reactors. Two entered service in 1980, two in 1981, and two... |
Gravelines Gravelines Gravelines is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies at the mouth of the river Aa 15 miles southwest of Dunkirk. There is a market in the town square on Saturdays. The "Arsenal" approached from the town square is home to an extensive and carefully displayed art collection.... |
51.015278°N 2.136111°E | 6x 910 | |||
| Marcoule Marcoule Marcoule Nuclear Site is a nuclear plant in the Chusclan and Codolet communes, near Bagnols-sur-Cèze in the Gard department of France, which is in the touristic, wine and agricultural Côtes-du-Rhône region... |
Bagnols-sur-Cèze Bagnols-sur-Cèze Bagnols-sur-Cèze is a commune in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon région in southern France.-History:A small regional center, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town before the main part was built in the 13th century around a central arcaded square that is still preserved... |
44.143333°N 4.709444°E | 3 closed reactors | |||
| Nogent NPP Nogent Nuclear Power Plant The Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is located in the French commune of Nogent-sur-Seine, on the right bank of the Seine, in the west of the Aube department. It is located to the west of Troyes and south-east of Paris.... |
Nogent-sur-Seine Nogent-sur-Seine Nogent-sur-Seine is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.-Population:-Personalities:Camille Claudel lived in Nogent-sur-Seine with her family from 1876 to 1879.... |
48.515278°N 3.517778°E | 2x 1300" | |||
| Paluel NPP Paluel Nuclear Power Plant The Nuclear power station Paluel lies within the French town Paluel in Normandy in the Département Seine-Maritime. The nuclear power station, which consists of four 1330 MWe class pressurized water reactors, is about 40 kilometers far away from the city of Dieppe and employs approx. 1,250 full... |
Paluel Paluel Paluel is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A village of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the river Durdent in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D10, D68 and the D79 roads, some southwest of... |
49.858056°N 0.635556°E | 4x 1330 | |||
| Penly NPP Penly Nuclear Power Plant The Penly Nuclear power station is found some northeast of Dieppe. It lies on the border of two French municipalities: Penly and Saint-Martin-en-Campagne in the département of Seine-Maritime, Normandy, on the English Channel coast.-Data:... |
Penly Penly Penly is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A village of farming and light industry situated by the cliffs of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D313 and the D925 roads, some northeast of... |
49.976667°N 1.211944°E | 2 reactors 1630 |
the second EPR European Pressurized Reactor The EPR is a third generation pressurized water reactor design. It has been designed and developed mainly by Framatome , Electricité de France in France, and Siemens AG in Germany... reactor in France, in planning |
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| Phénix Phénix Phénix was a small-scale prototype fast breeder reactor, located at the Marcoule nuclear site, near Orange, France. It was a pool-type liquid-metal fast breeder reactor cooled with liquid sodium... |
Bagnols-sur-Cèze Bagnols-sur-Cèze Bagnols-sur-Cèze is a commune in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon région in southern France.-History:A small regional center, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town before the main part was built in the 13th century around a central arcaded square that is still preserved... |
44.143333°N 4.711667°E | 233 | |||
| Saint-Alban NPP | Saint-Alban-du-Rhône Saint-Alban-du-Rhône Saint-Alban-du-Rhône is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.-References:*... |
45.4042957°N 4.7555351°E | 2 reactors | |||
| Saint-Laurent NPP Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant The Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Station is located in the commune of Saint-Laurent-Nouan in Loir-et-Cher on the Loire River – 28 km downstream from Blois and 30 km upstream from Orléans.... |
Saint-Laurent-Nouan Saint-Laurent-Nouan Saint-Laurent-Nouan is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.-History:Saint-Laurent-Nouan was formed in 1972 from the merger of the two former communes, Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux and Nouan-sur-Loire.-References:*... |
47.72°N 1.5775°E | 2 reactors | and 2 closed reactors | ||
| Superphénix Superphénix Superphénix or SPX was a nuclear power station on the Rhône River at Creys-Malville in France, close to the border with Switzerland. A fast breeder reactor, it halted electricity production in 1996 and was closed as a commercial plant in 1997.... |
Creys-Mépieu Creys-Mépieu Creys-Mépieu is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.... |
45.758333°N 5.472222°E | 1 reactor | |||
| Tricastin NPC Tricastin Nuclear Power Center The Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant is a collection of sites run by Areva and EDF located in 4 different communes Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux and Pierrelatte in Drôme, Bollène and Lapalud in Vaucluse, and four departments on right bank of the Channel of Donzère-Mondragon between Valence The Tricastin... |
Bollène Bollène Bollène is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*... |
44.329722°N 4.732222°E | 4 reactors | |||
Thermal
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity, MWe | Operational | Notes |
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| Provence Power Station Provence Power Station Provence Power Station is a 868 MW coal-fired power station at Gardanne, France. It has a 300 metre tall chimney, which is the tallest in France. It is owned and operated by Société nationale d'électricité et de thermique.... |
Gardanne Gardanne Gardanne is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.-Geography:It is close to Aix-en-Provence and Marseille and lies on the rail link connecting the two cities.-History:Walls dating back to the first century AD have been found.... |
43.469444°N 5.486111°E | 868 MW | ? | 300 metres tall chimney |
Hydroelectric
| Station | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Status |
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| Grand'Maison Dam | Isère Isère Isère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné... |
1800 | Operational | |
| Charmes Dam | Beauchastel Beauchastel Beauchastel is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.... |
44.8237571°N 4.8112392°E | 223 | Operational |
| Bort-les-Orgues Dam | Bort-les-Orgues | 45.413289°N 2.4975121°E | 240 | Operational |
| La Roche de Glun Dam | Bourg lès Valence | 45.0103966°N 4.839448°E | 186 | Operational |
| Caderousse dam | Caderousse | 44.0959342°N 4.723075°E | 156 | Operational |
| Chastang Dam | Belvedere | 45.151825°N 2.0100045°E | 282 | Operational |
| Rochemaure Dam | Chateauneuf du Rhône | 44.5925683°N 4.7263741°E | 285 | Operational |
| Donzère-Mondragon (Bollène) dam | Saint-Pierre de Senos | 44.303735°N 4.7424245°E | 354 | Operational |
| Eguzon dam Eguzon dam The Eguzon dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Creuse River in central France. Construction took place from 1922 to 1926 and, at the time, was the largest dam in Europe.thumb|right|Eguzon Dam... |
Éguzon-Chantôme | 46.4547784°N 1.6127586°E | 12 | Operational |
| Chevril Power Station | Le Villaret | 45.4948152°N 6.9321424380°E | ? | Operational |
| Génissiat Dam | Génissiat | 46.0527139°N 5.8128619°E | 396 | Operational |
| l'Aigle Dam | Aynes | 45.2437268°N 2.2248173°E | 133 | Operational |
| Marèges Dam | Marèges | 45.3917975°N 2.3643351°E | 146 | Operational |
| Monteynard Power Station | La Motte Saint Martin | 44.9611807°N 5.6887507°E | 364 | Operational |
| Pouget Power Station | Mas Audran | 43.6560353°N 3.4018028°E | 444.5 | Operational |
| Roselend Power Station | Boudin | 45.6854366°N 6.6224974°E | 546 | Operational |
| Sarrans dam | Sarrans | 44.8294793°N 2.7405149°E | 155 | Operational |
| Saulce sur Rhône (Loriol Le Pouzin Dam) | Le Pouzin | 44.7373905°N 4.7634101°E | 211 | Operational |
| Serre-Ponçon Power Station | Rousset | 44.4716437°N 6.2706184°E | 380 | Operational |
| Vogelgrun Power Station | Vogelgrun | 48.0202571°N 7.5738287°E | 140 | Operational |
| Vouglans Dam Lac de Vouglans The Lac de Vouglans is the reservoir of the hydro-electric power station at Vouglans on the River Ain in the département of Jura in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France. The dam, the Barrage de Vouglans is at coordinates .-Description:... |
Vouglans | 46.397417°N 5.6655604°E | 262 | Operational |
See also
- List of power stations in Europe
- List of largest power stations in the world