French nuclear generation remained on course for a record-low May output despite the return of the Tricastin 2 reactor after a five-week refueling outage, system data showed May 25. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Output peaked May 25 at 28.26 GW with May 1-24 averaging 27.55 GW versus 37.20 GW in May 2021. Over half the French reactor fleet remains unavailable, adding an extra premium to power prices already at record-highs. EDF’s Penly 2 reactor suffered an unplanned outage May 23, while the return of Cruas 4 was delayed by two weeks to June 21, operator EDF said in transparency notes May 24. French June baseload power was trading May 25 at Eur210/MWh versus a May 24 assessment of Eur177.50/MWh equivalent for UK June baseload power, EEX exchange and S&P Global Commodity Insights data showed. The 1-GW UK-France ElecLink interconnector started commercial […]