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France, depending on nuclear power, now imports more electricity than it exports

Nuclear power provides 70pc of French electricity. The failure to replace
ageing infrastructure has left more than half of the 56 reactors out of
service as the worst winter in living memory approaches.

EDF, whichnoperates the plants, has been nationalised and, for the first time in
decades, France is importing more energy than it exports, only narrowly
avoiding blackouts so far. For the foreseeable future, the country has not
only been overtaken by Sweden as Europe’s leading electricity exporter,
but has lost its vaunted reputation for energy security.

 Telegraph 6th Nov 2022

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/11/06/how-france-became-trapped-spiral-chaos-decline/

November 6, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ENERGY, France