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Renewables threaten to ruin France's nuclear power budget.
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The new multi-year energy programming (EPP) announced by the government is ambitious. It is mostly unrealistic. Behind the figures shown and the promises of accelerated transition, it is a structural imbalance of the French electricity system that is emerging — to the detriment of the energy security, public finances and the lifetime of our nuclear park.The objectives are known. By 2035, France would aim at 15 GW d'éolien at sea, 35 to 40 GW d'é…
If renewable energy and nuclear energy are not to be opposed in the quest for carbon neutrality, a subject creates tensions between the two: the modulation of our reactors. Although normal on the French nuclear fleet, this technique of adjusting production is increasingly used, which could speed up the wear and tear of the plants. A new report from EDF draws worrying conclusions. It is not a scoop: the French nuclear fleet modulates more than an…
Renewables threaten to ruin France's nuclear power budget.
According to EDF, the increase in solar and wind generation is driving up maintenance costs for nuclear power plants, which are required to balance the grid by suspending and interrupting production. This is a serious problem for France, which has the second-largest nuclear power plant in the world. French electricity company Électricité de France (EDF), which operates the country's nuclear power plants, said that increased solar and wind genera…
On 12 February 2025, the Government presented France's new energy roadmap for the next 10 years, which is reviving nuclear power, in rupture with the previous mill that planned to close 14 reactors.
EDF published its report on the modulation of the nuclear fleet on 16 February, which should inform the Government on the technical capabilities, consequences and costs of this modulation. Thus, the report explains that the French park has been...
France Shocks Energy Sector and Rewrites Energy Future: New Law Boosts Nuclear, Cuts Renewables
France has approved a major new energy law that cuts back renewable energy targets and strengthens support for nuclear power. The law was passed by decree on 13 February 2026 after nearly three years of political debate. The law is part of France’s Multiannual Energy Programming (PPE), a 10-year framework that guides energy policy through 2035. It sets long-term goals for how power is produced, with revised targets for wind, solar, and nuclear e…
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