Discussion > The French Energy Industry's Future
Can we add France to Germany among the EU countries whose GHG emissions are likely to increase rather than decrease, despite the EU's commitment to a 40% reduction by 2030? What will they do to achieve their target when the UK leaves?
Mark Hodgson
Colour me cynical but this is just virtue-signalling. He says "up to 17" which leaves plenty of wriggle room. Obviously this will include a number due for closure by 2025, or sooner, as they reach the end of their design lives. There may be others which will be due for major refurbishment and upgrade so they could decide to save the funds and close them too. Interesting that 2025 is just beyond his term of office......
The elephant in the room is the question of how long it will take for reality to bite them in the derriere.
mikeh
"Atomic power stations out at sea may be better than inland ones
The Economist-10 Aug 2017"
yeh right cos when theres an accidental leakage
..it's much easier to clean up the sea than clean up land !
stewgreen
Maybe Hulot knows fusion is ready soon ?
It'll come one day i suppose
stewgreen
NotALotOfPeopleKnowThat: France could close ‘up to 17’ nuclear reactors by 2025
The National Grid is busy building a new 1000MW interconnector to France, due to open in 2020.
But will France have any surplus power to sell us?
Nicolas Hulot, France’s environment minister, announced last month that France could close “up to 17 nuclear reactors” by 2025, as France 24 reported at the time