France is seeing a “tsunami” of COVID-19 infections, with 208,000 cases reported over the past 24 hours, a new national and European record, Health Minister Olivier Veran told lawmakers on Continue Reading
Coronavirus Cases Surge Across the Globe France will force its citizens to work from home for most of next month to contain the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. Continue Reading
Électricité de France S.A., commonly known as EDF, a French electric utility company primarily owned by the state, shuttered two nuclear power plants after routine safety inspections found cracks at Continue Reading
On top of an ongoing natural gas crunch, Europe faces the winter season with reduced nuclear output in France, exacerbating the energy crisis and leaving large parts of the continent Continue Reading
Highlights Efficiency, renewables, nuclear need investment Ageing hydro masks renewables’ contribution Financing clarity needed for post-2030 plan France is not acting fast enough to meet its energy and climate targets, Continue Reading
France will build new nuclear reactors to help the country lessen its dependence on foreign countries for its energy supplies, meet global warming targets and keep prices under control, President Continue Reading
President Emmanuel Macron has warned that an energy crisis threatens the world’s post-pandemic recovery, calling for leaders at a G20 summit in Rome this weekend to work together to stabilize Continue Reading
Jacques Kadio has already cut his grocery bill, refuels his car less and turns the heating off when his children are at school, but still the spiralling cost of electricity Continue Reading
RTE, France’s power grid operator, said on Monday that the country could get to carbon-neutral status by 2050 at a cost that would be manageable. The RTE added in a Continue Reading
Strikes by workers over social and employment issues cut nuclear power generation by about 5.4 gigawatts (GW) by 1420 GMT on Tuesday and by 1.4 GW at hydropower stations, EDF Continue Reading
