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France pays the steep cost of inflexible and ageing nuclear as electricity prices soar

reneweconomy.com.au France pays the steep cost of inflexible and ageing nuclear as electricity prices soar

French baseload and peak prices soar due to a combination of massive outages of French nuclear power plants, cold weather and inefficient heating.

France pays the steep cost of inflexible and ageing nuclear as electricity prices soar

The main reasons? Both supply and demand. Less than half (30GW) of France’s 64GW of nuclear capacity was available, thanks to planned and unplanned outages, and extended repairs due to corrosion issues in their ageing plants.

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