French nuclear reactors are not going to be shut off like most the rest of western Europe wants to do, but more than half of them are down for maintenance at the moment but the government vows to have them all online by winter. They export a lot of electricity.
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220902-france-vows-to-restart-stricken-nuclear-reactors-before-winter
France’s Energy Transition Minister on Friday called for “collective responsibility” to avoid energy rationing this winter as she announced that France’s fleet of nuclear reactors would be fully operational by the winter. The news comes as G7 countries agreed to “urgently” implement Russian oil price cap.
France currently has 56 nuclear power plants providing for 70 percent of its electricity. In 2014, the government had wanted to reduce nuclear’s share of electricity generation to 50 percent by 2025, but this target was delayed in 2019 to 2035.
In February this year, just two weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Macron announced plans to build six new reactors, and possibly another eight later on, launching a “nuclear renaissance” by 2050.
While the rest of western Europe is under the oppressive hammer of the WEF, France fights back with nuclear power.
www.enlit.world/energy-trading-markets/france-remains-europes-biggest-power-exporter-despite-heavy-imports-in-december/
– France maintained its position as the biggest net exporter of power in Europe in the second half of 2021
-France’s total net exports amounted to 21.5TWh, with most of the power flowing to Italy (7.5TWh) and Great Britain (6TWh).
h/t Doctor Congo