“The crisis we are experiencing shows us the difficulties that we have to conduct the great operations of reloading of fuel and maintenance of our nuclear power plants, said last month the minister of ecological Transition Elizabeth Terminal. Of course, France has not suffered power cuts during the containment in spite of the lower presence of agents with EDF in nuclear power plants. But the public company, provides a historic fall of 20% of its nuclear production in 2020. It should go from 379,5 last year to about 300 terawatts-hour this year. A decrease much greater than the expected decline of 11% of French GDP.
The explanation? EDF currently operates with two-thirds of the workforce of usual health measures forces ; and visits the decennial of nuclear power plants (6 planned in 2020 and 7 in 2021) will take three months longer than planned – the reactors will stop longer.
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The manager of the RTE network is not worried about the power supply this summer. Its president, François Brottes said that “dams are filled to 95%” and that “the stock hydraulic units are at the highest since ten years.” RTE is concerned, however, for the peak consumption in winter. EDF has therefore taken steps. The group has carried forward in 2021, the maintenance of eight nuclear reactors planned this year, in order to be able to count on them during the cold snap. The producer of the electricity may also enable the erasure, by which manufacturers accept power cuts point in order to relieve the network. Encouraging households to better manage their power consumption, the minister Elizabeth Terminal has in addition announced Thursday, a “boost” of 150 euros on the purchase of a thermostat. It will be funded with the certificates system energy savings. This type of device allows up to a 10% savings, equivalent to 100 to 200 euros per year less on the electric bill.
The executive is excluded in any case of delay the closure of the power plant of Fessenheim. “You don’t change of course”, has hammered Elizabeth Terminal. And to add, always about the nuclear, which “depend to 70% of a single energy source for electricity is not the option that is more resilient, that is”.
SujetsEDFÉlectricitéNucléaire12 commentairesG Such 12/06/2020 00:11
The eco-friendly and LREM are poor managers and forecasters in particular that EDF had such a scenario in its forecasts of consumption. We stopped Fessenheim to keep the voice-huggers . 2 X 900MW . a
And, in addition, we will continue to sell , as the contract requires ,of MegaWatts to the border with Germany . With the counters LINKY to the supplier ,on the order of the government , should have the power to limit ? the individual consumption. ?
That means smart thermostat ? snitch .
It will be necessary to buy good down comforters and with the tele-work go and look to live in the South .
69Quimple 11/06/2020 22:54
And Brussels obliges EDF to sell the dams and the sale of nuclear electricity to its competitors at reduced rates. On my installation I have a connection for generator. As for the masks, it is necessary to anticipate a failure of the power supply. And the cars battery ?
sirius7le 11/06/2020 22:54
What is the discourse of enchantment full of contradictions set of inconsistencies! But roll up you sleeves and get out of your little train….
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