France relights coal power plants to keep the lights on
Date: 13/11/20
Europe1 News
Since September, France has relighted four coal-fired power plants to offset the shutdown of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant and the lack of wind.
The French government has compensated EDF with 377 million euros when it forces it to close the Fessenheim nuclear power plant. Now France has to restart coal plants to compensate for the loss in electricity. An absurd situation because everyone loses in this story.
This is the epilogue of a long story: the government will pay 377 million euros to compensate EDF for the closure of the two reactors at the Fessenheim nuclear power plant. The National Assembly will debate an amending government budget on Tuesday, including compensation for EDF for the forced closure of Fessenheim.
Since September, France has relighted four coal-fired power stations with high CO2 emissions to partially offset the shutdown at Fessenheim and the lack of wind for the wind turbines. Since September EDF has also had to occasionally import gas and coal-generated electricity from Germany at a very high cost.
https://www.thegwpf.com/france-restarts-coal-power-plants-to-keep-the-lights-on/
