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Electricity consumption is not
rising as predicted in Europe
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FIGURE 1
French electricity consumption corrected from temperature effects
In 2023, electricity consumption in France, corrected for
temperature effects, was equal to that of 2007.
This is contrary to forecasts which estimate that global electricity
consumption would increase by a factor of four by 2050.
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Gross consumption: 162.7 TWh
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WEMO 2024
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This drop in consumption is linked, on the one hand, to the
persistence of individual behaviors to control electricity
consumption initiated in 2022 under the pressure of very high
prices and fears about the security of electricity supply (see
WEMO 2023). On the other hand, the French economy, in
general, has been stagnant (growth of 0.9%) and the activity of
the industrial sector, which consumes electricity, has decreased
slightly.
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