Energy: would France be in a “significantly better” situation if Fessenheim was open?

The closure of the Fessenheim power plant, a drop of water without consequence? During the parliamentary days of his Horizons party, in Fontainebleau, Edouard Philippe seemed to affirm it. As France prepares to face a difficult winter and the actors are called upon to show “sobrietyenergy to avoid overstretching the electricity network, the former occupant of Matignon declared that he would have “liked not having to close Fessenheim“.

“Would our situation be noticeably better if we hadn’t closed it down? Probably not, observed the mayor of Le Havre. We would have 28 out of 58 reactors. Today we have 26 out of 56“, he then added, in front of his activists. These remarks aroused strong reactions from the opposition, who underlined the harmful consequences of the closure of the two reactors of the plant, in 2020. “If the winter is severe and we lack 10-15 GW of installation, we will miss its 1.8 GW. In flux, Fessenheim…