Can Europe Rely on French Nuclear Power to Help Avoid Another Energy Crisis This Winter?
- EDF says it is heading into cold season with more confidence
- France is a key electricity exporter at the heart of Europe
EDF’s slump sent ripples across the European market, which typically relies on electricity imports from France.
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Europe’s energy crisis was severely worsened last winter as France was forced to switch off more than a dozen of the nuclear reactors that make the country a vital electricity exporter.
This year, millions of consumers and businesses are relying on Electricite de France SA’s assurances that it has overcome the issues that cut its atomic energy output by almost a quarter in 2022.