January 27, 20229:15 AM ESTLast Updated 2 days ago
Europe
France looking at using more winter coal as nuclear output lags
By Forrest Crellin
PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The French government is looking to temporarily raise the cap on allowed coal usage to ensure coal plants stay online this winter and limit a power price surge that is partly due to the limited nuclear availability, a government document showed.
France traditionally relies less on coal than neighbouring countries but it has recently had to turn to the polluting fuel to offset outages at nuclear reactors and strong demand. read more
About 2.5 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired production capacity is available in France which can reach peak-load during times of low temperatures and low renewable availability.
A public consultation on a decree to temporarily raise the cap ended on Jan. 20, but it has yet to be confirmed in the official journal.
https://co2coalition.org/news/france-looking-at-using-more-winter-coal-as-nuclear-output-lags/
