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How many hydropower plants does CNR own? Are there more wind farms than solar power plants? How many kilometres of dikes are there? To know everything about CNR’s figures, go no further!

25%

Of France’s hydroelectricity is produced by CNR

4 058 MW

Total installed capacity

15,3 TWh

Total electricity production (mix of hydro-, wind and solar power)

  • 15,3 TWh


    electricity production
    (electricity consumption of 6 million people)

  • 330 km

    of wide-gauge navigable waterway

  • 49

    Hydropower plants

  • 59

    Solar power plants

  • 59

    Wind farms

  • 19

    Dams

  • 3755,5 MW

    Total installed capacity

  • 1493

    employees in 2018

  • 107

    million euros for the hydropower fee paid to the French government (2017)

  • 27 000

    hectares, i.e. the surface area of the concession (14,000 ha of river + 13,000 ha of land)

  • 19

    locks of which 5 are for pleasure craft

  • 18

    industrial and port sites

  • 400

    kilometres of dikes

  • 32

    pumping stations

Ventes nettes d'électricité (en milion d'euros)

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2012 811.9
2013 841.1
2014 664
2015 611
2016 584
2017 443
2018 530
2019 546
2020 610
2021 899

Chiffres d'affaires brut / Résultat net(en milion d'euros)

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2012
1385.6 217.4
2013
1344 211
2014
1157.4 138.7
2015
1097 105
2016
1056 92.8
2017
1238 30
2018
1291 56.1
2019
1548 92.5

River traffic on the Rhone (2020)

  • 3,7 M tons transported
  • 65 516 containers transported
  • 56 802 lockages
  • 6 884 boaters