EDF / 2018 Reference document

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PRESENTATION OF EDF GROUP Description of the Group's activities

In solar photovoltaic power, total global installed capacity stood at 386GWc (1) compared with 292GWc a year before, up 32%. Today, it is largely wind, solar and biomass that are driving growth in renewable energy.

The EDF group’s commitments in terms of developing renewable energy are also described in section 3.1.2 “Committed to sustainable development”.

NET GROUP INSTALLED CAPACITY (1) IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AT END 2018

Hydropower

Wind Photovoltaic

Biomass Geothermal

Marine

Total

(in MW) France

20,327

1,340 2,316 3,663

225 103 697 110 235

240

8

240

22,380

Europe excl. France

1,994

9

- - - -

- - - -

4,422 4,400

America

-

40

Asia

432

185 374

- -

727 609

Africa

-

TOTAL NET INSTALLED CAPACITY

22,753

7,878

1,370

289

8

240

32,538 [*]

Power generation capacity, in proportion of the share the EDF group held in each asset. (1)

Hydropower generation in France 1.4.1.5.1 The electricity generated by EDF from its fleet of hydropower plants in mainland France in 2018 (including pumped storage) totalled 46.5TWh, 10.3% of its total electricity output. EDF’s hydropower generation fleet 1.4.1.5.1.1 Hydroelectricity is the second source of electricity generation after nuclear power and the first source of renewable electricity in France. This is an important sector for the electricity system for many reasons, particularly in terms of grid security and balancing.

EDF’s hydropower fleet in mainland France comprised 433 plants at the end of 2018 with an average age of 74 years (2) : approximately 11% of these plants have a unit capacity above 100MW. They account for around 56% of total generation; ■ approximately 51% of these plants have a unit capacity under 12MW. They account for around 7% of total generation. ■

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Hydropower plants with capacity lower than or equal to 12MW Maximum capacity (in MW)

988.7

989.7

48.2

23.5

Consumption by pumping operations (in GWh)

Output including pumping (in TWh)

3.1

2.1

Hydropower plants with capacity greater than 12MW Maximum capacity (in MW) Consumption by pumping operations (in TWh) Output including pumping (in TWh) TOTAL MAXIMUM CAPACITY (IN GW) TOTAL OUTPUT INCLUDING PUMPING (1) (IN TWH) Corresponds to the sum of the exact values rounded to one decimal place. (1) Within mainland France, hydropower plants are mainly located in mountainous areas in the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Massif Central and the Jura, as well as on the Rhine. In all, they represent an installed capacity of approximately 20GW (excluding French overseas departments and Corsica), or 22% of EDF’s fleet, for an annual generation capability of around 40TWh. The various hydropower facilities are designed to optimise the use of water resources in the valleys where they are situated, as part of multi-purpose water management (detailed in 1.4.1.5.1.4 on Hydropower generation issues). Given the size and variety of its fleet, EDF has facilities able to respond to all types of desired uses, from base to peak generation, and which also offer levers for optimisation due to their flexibility: “run-of-river” plants, like the ones on the Rhine, which have

19,025.5

19,017.0

7.3

7.0

43.4 20.0 46.5

34.7 20.0 36.8

almost no storage capacity and generate electricity depending on the available water flow; plants with pondage, thus accessing average-sized reservoirs (smaller than lakes) for occasional use during the week or during the day, to cover peaks in demand; lake plants (seasonal reservoirs) located in mountainous areas (Alps, Massif Central and Pyrenees); pumped-storage plants, which pump water from a lower reservoir to an upper reservoir during periods of low demand when electricity is also lower in cost, in order to build up reserves used to generate energy at peak times (by releasing the stored water through turbines from the upper reservoir to the lower reservoir); and a tidal power plant on the River Rance (Brittany) which, using the up and down movement of the tides, provides a very regular supply of

electricity .

ource of photovoltaic capacity worldwide: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) – March 2018 (1) Arithmetic mean. (2) [*] IND Key non-financial performance indicator (see concordance table with the non-financial performance statement in section 8.5.4)

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