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Flexing French nuclear

May 17, 2024
30:14

What a difference a couple of years makes. As France returns to a position of net power exporter, it appears to have moved on from the supply woes of 2022. But booming solar generation, a plethora of negative prices in France and its neighbours have weighed on wholesale electricity prices and raised doubts about the financing of new nuclear plants and renewables. Listen to a discussion on the flexible operation of nuclear plants in combination with solar and wind generation. Could France be heading for a glut of power production?

Host: Snjólfur Richard Sverrisson, Editor-in-Chief, Montel

Guests:

Yves Le Thieis, Vice President, Compass Lexecon
Paolo Coghe, CEO, Acousmatics

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