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Europe / Nuclear Generation Hits Low, But Reactors Still Account For More Than 20% Of Electricity Production

By David Dalton
15 January 2024

Decrease largely result of repairs to France’s fleet, shutdowns in Germany and Belgium

Nuclear Generation Hits Low, But Reactors Still Account For More Than 20% Of Electricity Production
Nuclear power plants accounted for 21.8% of the bloc’s total electricity production in 2022. Courtesy Eurostat.
Thirteen EU countries with nuclear electricity production generated 609,255 GWh (all figures are gross) of nuclear electricity in 2002, down 16.7% compared with 2021, according to figures released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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