Flexing French nuclear
Montel Weekly
English - May 17, 2024 04:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBusiness News Business News energy news business market renewables policy environment europe Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What a difference a couple of years makes. As France returns to a position of net power exporter, it appears to have moved on from the supply woes of 2022. But booming solar generation, a plethora of negative prices in France and its neighbours have weighed on wholesale electricity prices and raised doubts about the financing of new nuclear plants and renewables. Listen to a discussion on the flexible operation of nuclear plants in combination with solar and wind generation. Could France be heading for a glut of power production?
Host: Snjólfur Richard Sverrisson, Editor-in-Chief, Montel
Guests:
Yves Le Thieis, Vice President, Compass Lexecon
Paolo Coghe, CEO, Acousmatics