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Europe > France > Energy

FRENCH ENERGY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Coal consumption 20,890,000 [21st of 41]
Coal production 2.1 million tonnes [33rd of 31]
Commercial energy use 4,366.02 [20th of 119]
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel 8.2 % [192nd of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Hydro 14 % [102nd of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear 77.1 % [2nd of 223]
Gasoline prices 1.62 [12th of 141]
Geothermal power use 1,360 [9th of 53]
Natural gas reserves 12,860,000,000 cubic feet [58th of 72]
Nuclear electricity generation 415.5 terawatt-hours [3rd of 29]
Nuclear energy consumption 437 terawatt-hours [2nd of 28]
Nuclear reactors operable 59 [3rd of 29]
Nuclear reactors operable > MWe 63,293 [3rd of 29]
Nuclear reactors under construction 0 [22nd of 29]
Nuclear waste generated 2.18 [3rd of 45]
Oil imports > Net 1,850,000 barrels per day [4th of 21]
Oil refining ability 1,900,000 barrels per day [7th of 51]
Usage per person 4.25 TOE per person [10th of 18]
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Wall plugs > Voltage 230 V [67th of 209]

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; BP; ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org; Lund and Freeston; Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2000; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; ANSTO, IAEA, WNA; International Atomic Energy Agency, Waste Management Database, 1997 via ciesin.org; lEA, Energy Balances of OECD Countries 1999-2000 (lEA, Paris, 2001)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: France, French Republic, Republique Francaise

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Joseph Panyard (Royal Oak, Michigan)
26th May 2007
I am looking for per capita numbers on energy usage in a city such as Paris, France.

Where can I find these?

Electricity, coal, gas, police per 1000 persons, etc

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