Building a sustainable energy future

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The world is facing a triple challenge: responding to growing energy needs competitively, while tackling climate change and the depletion of easily accessible resources.

Thanks to nuclear and hydro, 95% of EDF’s electricity is generated without CO₂ emissions.

The EDF Group’s strategy is meeting these challenges by developing competitive and low carbon emitting energy solutions. Building a sustainable energy future requires considerable efforts and investment:

fostering “decarbonised” electricity generation by developing low-carbon technologies,
promoting demand-side management and developing environmentally friendly end uses,
ensuring the competitiveness of the solutions that are chosen, to maintain employment and households' purchasing power,
investing in R&D to prepare for the energy of the future,
exploit the opportunities connected with the latest technologies,
help with the development of CO₂ capture, transportation and storage technologies,
seek out major hydroelectric infrastructure projects within a local sustainable development policy.

As the world’s largest nuclear utility with solid positions in major European countries, the EDF Group is investing to support sustainable industrial growth and focusing on three priorities:

be a major player in the global nuclear revival,
promote energy efficiency, renewable energies, and more environmentally-friendly new technologies,
consolidate its leadership in Europe and its competitive advantages over the long term.

References
In 2009, almost 2/3 of the world’s electricity supply was generated from fossil fuels⁽¹⁾.
If we change nothing, by 2050 ⁽²⁾:

the demand for energy and CO2 emissions will double,
electricity demand will treble (2/3 supplied by fossil fuels).

4.1% is the proportion of fossil fuels in EDF’s electricity generation in France.
(1) Source: 10th Observ’ER inventory (2008 Edition).
(2) Source: World Energy Outlook 2009 (IEA).

Key facts

In 2009, almost 2/3 of the world’s electricity supply was generated from fossil fuels⁽¹⁾

If we change nothing, by 2050⁽²⁾:

Both the demand for energy and CO₂ emissions will have doubled
The demand for electricity will have trebled (2/3 of which will be supplied by burning fossil fuels).

In France, fossil fuels account for just 4.1% of EDF's energy generation capacity.

(1) Source: Tenth Observ’ER inventory (2008 Edition)
(2) Source: World Energy Outlook 2007 (IEA)

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