Caroline Pailliez

EDF to cut 3GW (4.6%) of French nuclear output from 12:00 CET as 42C heatwave forces Golfech, Blayais and Bugey unit curbs.

(Montel) France's heat-related nuclear cuts reached a new record of 9.2 GW, or 14.56% of total installed nuclear capacity, on Sunday as temperatures hit a peak of 42.3C and are expected to remain high until midweek.

(Montel) France's heat-related nuclear cuts reached a record 9.2 GW on Sunday, while Swiss utility Axpo again shut down a reactor due to high river temperatures.

(Montel) Retroactive corrections are still being made to French balancing power market prices and volumes, traders told Montel this week, despite TSO RTE's assurances that technical issues behind the problem had been resolved.

(Montel) French utility EDF may be forced to make fresh nuclear output cuts this week amid an imminent heatwave that should last at least a week and see temperatures rise locally to 40C, experts told Montel this week.

(Montel) France's nuclear fleet should see heat-related cuts of up to 6.8 GW tomorrow, or 10.8% of total installed capacity, up from 6% today, amid

(Montel) French nuclear modulation fell by 5 TWh – or about 27% – on the year to 13.3 TWh in the first six months of this year, utility EDF said on

(Montel) French spot power looked set on Friday to reach its highest level since February 2025 next week amid heat-related nuclear outages and high exports.

(Montel) French hydropower production this year is currently expected to fall by only 2 or 3% – or between 0.8 TWh and 1.3 TWh – despite a shortage of rainfall this summer, EDF's head of hydropower activities said on Friday.

(Montel) Environmental groups plan to take legal action to block Europe's largest data centre project as it will be France's biggest energy consumer and require 4.6 GW of green diesel back-up generators, they told Montel.