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March 2018

March was marked by a sharp fall in average temperatures (-3.1°C compared

to last year), which led to an increase in electricity demand. Electricity

production continued to increase in all sectors, with the exception of

conventional thermal production.

Gross power demand increased by 11.6% compared to March 2017.

Corrected for climate factors, demand decreased.

Monthly generation reached 52 TWh i.e. an increase of 4.8% compared to

March 2017. The increase in hydraulic generation slowed.

Wind power generation exceeded 3 TWh. Solar generation remained higher

with an increase of 5.6% compared to March 2017.

The overall monthly balance remained in favour of exports this month. The

instantaneous balance switched in favour of imports on ten occasions and

reached 4,572 MW on 22 March.

16 facilities went into service in March: 4 substations, 8 overhead lines, 1

overhead/underground line, 1 underground line, 1 transformer, 1

compensator.

2Monthly Overview - March 2018

Monthly Electrical Energy Overview

March 2018

The development of renewable energies intensified with 624 new renewable

energy parks in France since March 2017.

French prices remained stable compared to the previous month, at

€48.26/MWh on average in March.

GENERATIONFor the third consecutive time this year, the hydraulic sector increased. It increased by 11.7% to reach 6.99 TWh.

Renewable generation (excluding hydraulic) was also up by 12% compared with March 2017. Nuclear production was up

by 4.1%. Therefore fossil-fuel thermal generation was down despite an increase in heating needs.

WIND AND SOLARWind generation was up by 17.5% compared with March and reached 3.12 TWh. The coverage rate of demand by wind

generation reached 17.3%. As for solar generation, it reached 0.74 TWh, i.e. an increase of 5.6% compared to March 2017.

INTERNATIONAL TRADEThe export balance totalled 3.1 TWh. The import balance of trade with the CWE area was up and reached 0.84 TWh. The

export balance of trade to Italy, Switzerland, and Great Britain was lower compared to March 2017. The balance of trade

was in favour of imports with Spain and totalled 0.73 TWh.


Monthly Electrical Energy Overview

March 2018

NEW INSTALLATIONS16 new facilities went into service in March. They were part of three projects for strengthening the security of electricity

supply, two projects of the “2Loires” programme, a customer connection and two infrastructure renewal projects.

DEMANDGross demand reached 47.69 TWh, up 11.6% compared to March 2017, due to an average monthly temperature that was

lower by 3.1°C. Corrected for climate factors, overall demand was down (-0.4%). Demand by large industry continued its

upward trend (+3.4%).

TERRITORIES AND REGIONSTo meet the targets of the energy transition law, 624 new renewable energy parks (313 photovoltaic parks, 153 wind

farms, 80 dams, 78 bioenergy centres) have been installed in various French regions since March 2017. Three regions:

Hauts-De-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Grand-Est have created more than 50% of the new facilities overall, i.e. 1.3 GW.

ELECTRICITY MARKETSThe cold snap at the end of February continued during the first days of March, with a daily average French price of

€84/MWh on Thursday 1 and Friday 2. Conversely, abundant wind turbine generation led to very low prices in some

countries on non-working days: the German price became negative for 21 hours on the weekend of 17 and 18, and the

Spanish price was less than €8/MWh as a daily average on Sunday 11 and on Friday 30, a public holiday in Spain (the

wind sector covered nearly half of demand on these two days).

*without energy sector

* Perimeter France excl. Corsica, losses included

Monthly energy consumption

Peak consumption*March 2018

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Adjusted national consumption

Direct RTE customers *

Adjusted consumption on PDN

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Monthly electrical energy overview

March 2018

March 2018March 2018Installed capacity (MW) Energy generated (GWh)

Focus on generation sectors

Nuclear

63 130

Wind

13 624

Solar

7 806

Other RES

1 962

Conventional

Thermal

18 994

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electric

25 533

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3122

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Wind capacity awaiting connection at Enedis as of 31/12/17: 6 557 MW

** data available up to February 2018 Solar capacity awaiting connection at Enedis as of 31/12/17: 2 626 MW

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March 2018

Mean load factor by half-hour interval (%) and associated power

Mean monthly load factor (%) and associated power

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March 2018

Distribution of regional generationDistribution of regional

consumption

Renewable energy production of metropolitan France in March 2018

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Aperçu mensuel sur l'énergie électrique

Septembre 2015



March 2018

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The regions are on track to meet the targets of the

energy transition law

624 new renewable energy parks have been

installed in various French regions since March 2017.

That was an increase of 6% to reache 48.93 GW of

total renewable installed capacity. Three regions –

Hauts-De-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Grans-Est

– have created more than 50% of the new facilities

overall, i.e. 1.3 GW.

313 new solar parks (640 MW), of which 72 new

parks in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes i.e. 62 MW, 87new

parks in Nouvelle-Aquitaine i.e. 278 MW and 51 new

parks in Occitanie, generating 63 MW.

153 new wind turbine farms (1.6 GW) have been

connected, including 47 wind farms in Hauts-de-

France i.e. 544 MW, and 29 farms in Grand-Est,

generating 279 MW.

The hydraulic and bioenergy sectors are also

expanding with 80 new hydraulic parks and 78 new

bioenergy power plants in France.

Data from GRT is updated to March 31,2018

Data from GRD is updated to February 28,2018

Daily average value evolution of the spot prices during the month

Moyenne sur le mois

Spot prices in Europe Actuality ofMonthly average value Market mechanisms

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March 2018

48,26

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prix > prix FR

A new capacity auction was organised on 8 March

for the 2019 delivery year.

12,350 capacity certificates of 0.1 MW were traded

at the price of €1,850 per certificate.

At the first auction for 2019 (last 14 December)

12,200 certificates were traded at the price of

€1,299.98 each.

Five other auctions will be organised in 2018 for the

2019 delivery year.

New auction on the French capacity mechanism

Prix (€/MWh)

The energy values described correspond to contracted exchanges on Euronext.

Commercial exchangesMarch 2018

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Minimal balance Maximal blance



March 2018

Overhead line Underground line Substation

63 to 150 kV

225 kV substation

Le Castellet

225 kV overhead line

Castellet - Enco-De-Botte

Castellet - Escaillon

Var (83)

As part of the creation of a 225/63 kV

step to strengthen the area’s power

supply

200MVA compensator

Mur - De-Bretagne

Cotes d'Amour (22)

As part of the project to secure the

power supply of the Brittany region

225kV substation

100 MVA transformer

Saone

225 kV overhead line

Mambelin - Saone

Pontarlier - Saone

Doubs (25)

To strengthen the power supply to

the urban area of Besançon

63kV substation

Saone

Doubs (25)

To strengthen the power supply to

the urban area of Besançon

225kV overhead line

Pratclaux - Trevas

225kV overhead/underground line

Riviere - Sanssac

Haute-Loire (43)

As part of the “2Loires” project

225 kV substation

Duvigneau

225kV overhead line

Duvigneau - Piquage à Duvigneau

Lille (59)

The connection of a consumer-customer

site

63kV overhead line

Bouleternere- Ille-sur-Tet

Bouleternere -Villefranche - De- Conflent

Pyrénées orientales (66)

Following the renewal of its conductors

90 kV underground line

Laitier - Rom

Deux Sèvre (79)

To satisfy the diffuse growth of the

load and alleviate the transmission

constraints observed on the 90 kV

network to the south of Poitiers



March 2018

Data sourcesThis document relies on metered data collected by RTE and also on data sent by the french DSOs, especially eRDF and EDF SEI.

Gross national demands and actual temperatures

Daily peak for perimeter France excl. Corsica

For more information on how actual

temperatures and reference temperatures are

calculated, visit RTE's website:

http://www.rte-

france.com/lienrapide/media_apercus_an

Extreme capacity value trend

Max/Min Power:

Maximum/minimum power consumption in France over the month,

excluding Corsica

Absolute extreme value:

Extreme value for consumption observed since 1st January 2008

GenerationThe "Hydro-electric" category includes all types of hydro plants (impoundment, run-of-river, etc.). Consumption for pumping by pumped storage facilities is not deducted from generation.

The "Nuclear" category includes all nuclear units. Consumption by auxiliary units is deducted from generation.

The "Fossil-fuel thermal" category includes Coal, Oil and Gas-fired technologies.

The "Other RES" category includes PV solar, Biomass, Biogas and paper/card waste.

The installed capacity values are valid for the end of the month, with the exception of the "Other RES" category, which is valid for the start of the month.

Monthly gross consumption

Perimeter : France with Corsica, losses included

Wind Generation Coverage of demand

Load factor :

Ratio of wind power generated to nominal installed

wind capacity

Coverage rate :

Ratio of wind power generated to gros national consumption

at a given time

Generation

Nb

Puissance

installéePuissance

cumulée

Projets en file

d'attente

Projets en

préparation

NbPuissance

cumulée

Filière

Eolien

dont Offshore

Photovoltaïque

361 MW 22

24 MW 9

42% 80%

238 MW 1 30 MW

2131 MW 9 2559 MW

Wind: onshore and offshore wind projects. The share of offshore capacity is indicated in the row below

Installed capacity:

Cumulative capacity of installations for which a connection agreement has been signed.

Queued projects:

Projects which have entered the connection queue under RTE's connection procedure, i.e. projects which have signed a "queuing proposal" with RTE, following a detailed

connection study or a "technical and financial proposal".

Projects in preparation:

Connection projects for which RTE has been asked to provide a detailed study or technical and financial proposal, currently being examined by RTE, or for which the

Trend by sector in sliding year adjusted from the climate effect

Total consumption: Consumption of France, with Corsica, losses included.

Adjusted from climate effect.

Adjusted consumption on PDN: Represents the consumption of

resditential and SMEs/SMIs sector. Data adjusted from weather effect.

Direct RTE customers : Industrial sites connected directly to the PTN

(excluding consumption at source). Energy sector is excluded

Trend in sliding year : growth between the last 12 cumulative monthly

values and the previous 12

International exchanges

Glossary

Prices in EuropeMonthly average of spot prices in the different price zones of the coupled area. France is always represented in white, the other areas are coloured based on the difference

in price compared with France (blue: lower price, red: higher price, the deeper the colour, the greater the difference).

Daily spot price changes

Change of the spot price in France and in the coupled neighbouring

regions, over a month in daily average, (NB: for Italy the price of

the northern area is shown, for Nordic countries the average of the

areas displayed on the map is shown).

Spot price: Wholesale price of electricity, determined by the power exchanges the day

before for delivery the following day, for each hour of the day.

Spread : Price differential between two price areas (here between each price area and

France).

Price area: Geographic area inside which the electricity price is identical and where

exchanges are done with no allocation of capacity. A price area may combine several

countries (for example: Germany, Austria, Luxembourg) and a country may be subdivided

into more than one price area (for example: Italy, Norway).

Daily extrema :

Extrema of the half hour mean power value of the global international

commercial exchanges, observed daily.

Type of installation

Name of installation

(or substation)

Département

Nature of work

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