Faced with the risk of running out of electricity at the end of January and February, they will be able to produce more than expected.
Everybody on the bridge. Faced with the prospect of running out of electricity in the event of a cold snap at the end of January or in February, the Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili published a draft decree so that coal-fired power stations can produce more than expected. text authorizes the last two coal-fired power stations in France, that of EDF in Cordemais (Loire-Atlantique) and that of GazelEnergie in Saint-Avold (Moselle), to operate 1000 hours between the beginning of January and the end of February, against 700 hours initially planned for the whole of 2022.
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As a larger number of nuclear reactors than expected are shut down, exceptional measures (power cuts at large manufacturers, voltage drop) could be taken at the end of January or in February, in order to avoid cuts for nuclear power plants. individuals. On December 30, the operator of the high voltage network RTE indicated “Raise your level of vigilance for January”.
“Additional security”
In this context, “Allow power plants …
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