Delays in restarting several reactors as a tense winter approaches due to the Ukraine war, historically low nuclear production this year and now a minor leak during hydraulic testing at the de Civo plant, which is still stalled… EDF and the entire nuclear industry, 2022 date is thus similar to “annus horribilis. As a result: France now has to source massive amounts of electricity from its neighbours, primarily Germany and Belgium.
France, net importer 213 days in 2022
The number of import days in which the country brings in more electricity than it sells abroad increased from 17 in 2018 to 213 in 2022 (as of November 20), which already represents almost two-thirds of the year. The previous “record” was the previous year, a total of 78 days of importation. A sign of the tricolor’s loss of sovereignty in terms of electricity, this figure was zero for 2014 and 2015.
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Source: Le Figaro
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