The closure of the last coal unit of the Émile-Huchet power plant, in Saint-Avold, in Moselle, scheduled for March 31, could be postponed, indicates this Thursday Europe 1.
The government wishes to extend its activity due to the war in Ukraine and the consequences on the energy supply in the coming months.
“With the war in Ukraine, we are in a new configuration, we will make the decision in the coming days”, specified the entourage of Barbara Pompili, the Minister for the Ecological Transition.
The Saint-Avold power plant has continued, since the beginning of the year, to operate at full speed to compensate for the shutdown of several nuclear reactors despite the promise, in 2017, of Emmanuel Macron to put an end to coal-fired power plants. , harmful to the climate.
The war in Ukraine upsets all plans a little more.
The other coal-fired power plant in France located in Cordemais, in Loire-Atlantique, will not stop its activity since its closure had already been postponed to 2024.