Enedis, France’s main electricity distribution network operator, has published the preparatory work for its future "Network Development Plan", which aims to invest more than €5bn/year by 2032, compared to €4.4bn in 2022. Investments will reach a peak of €5.5bn in 2027, due to the planned construction of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in collective housing.
The two main drivers of this growth in investments will be the electrification of uses, which will lead to increased levels of electricity consumption, and the increase in renewable energies. Enedis expects to connect 28 GW of wind power and 42 GW of solar PV to the French public distribution grid by 2032, which represents 4 to 5 GW of renewable capacity per year. For the year 2023, Enedis plans to connect between 5.4 and 6 GW of renewable energies, compared to 3.8 GW in 2022.
In addition, Enedis will implement targeted renewal policies, such as the “Scheduled Renovation” approach, which will make the medium voltage (MV) overhead power network more reliable in 25-year cycles, the “Climate hazard plan”, in which 20,000 km of MV network will be made more reliable over the period 2019-2032, or the replacement programme of a large part of the low voltage bare wire technology structures by 2035.