On Wednesday January 27th, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a long-awaited report called “Conditions and requirements for the technical feasibility of a power system with a high share of renewables in France towards 2050”. Yet, that document was given a cold welcome by the French nuclear industry, as behind this somewhat complex title hides a key message : a scenario of 100% renewable energy is “technically possible” in 2060 in France. This implies that the country would potentially no longer need nuclear energy to meet its domestic demand.
From a nuclear champion to the Flamanville struggle
The nuclear sector accounts for around 70% of today’s French electricity mix, and over 40% of final energy demand. Back in the 1970’s, France decided to take the nuclear path, aspiring to move away from oil and achieving energy independence. Since then, not only did the country guarantee its own security of electricity supply, but it could also export it towards neighb
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Date: 27 May 2021
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The second electricity interconnector between the UK and France is now able to flow low carbon electricity between the two countries at full capacity.
IFA2 – which is a joint venture between National Grid and French Transmission System Operator RTE – is being heralded for increasing the amount of clean energy that can be shared, with a capacity of 1,000MW.
Wholesale power traders started buying capacity to transport power across the 149-mile subsea power cable yesterday (21 January 2021). The cable stretches along the sea floor between Portsmouth, Hampshire in the UK and near Caen, Normandy in France and is expected to meet 1.2% of Britain’s electricity demand.
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