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> France would like your phone number I think there is a small matter of national/international politics (running nuclear as renewables backup), a lack of focu
by chickenbig 2y ago
> France would like your phone number
I think there is a small matter of national/international politics (running nuclear as renewables backup), a lack of focus within EDF and perhaps a dash of French industrial action (at least a go slow on the refuelling outages).
Project Hercules was meant to solve the latter https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/ceo-of-edf-defends-hercules-restructuring-deal/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/ceo-of-edf-defe... but this never happened.
On them positive side their nuclear generation is recovering a bit, albeit from a low base. https://www.edf.fr/en/the-edf-group/dedicated-sections/journalists/all-press-releases/edf-estimates-higher-nuclear-power-generation-in-france-for-2024 https://www.edf.fr/en/the-edf-group/dedicated-sections/journ...