French renewables firm buys Irish wind farms
Transmission
France’s Neoen says it has bought eight wind farms in the Irish Republic with a total capacity of 53 megawatts
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Six French offshore wind farms win EU approval
Transmission
The European Commission has approved plans by two companies to build six offshore wind farms off the northwest coast of
EDF admits huge Flamanville setback
Transmission
State-run EDF (Electricite de France) said its project to build a new nuclear reactor in Flamanville would be delayed by
World’s first solar road fails to meet expectations
Environment
The world’s first solar road in Normandy, northern France, which opened in 2016, has failed to meet expectations. The 1-km-long
French court blames pollution on government failure
Policy
A French court has ruled that the national government has failed to take sufficient action to curb air pollution in
Ireland set to benefit from French interconnector: study
Transmission
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and French President Emmanuel Macron this month confirmed plans to build the 700MW Celtic Interconnector. The
Macron condemns Turkey over Cyprus
Policy
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Turkey to halt its “illegal” gas drilling in the Cypriot exclusive economic zone.
EDF due to close coal plant in 2021
Industry
French state-run power giant EDF says it will close its 580-megawatt coal-fired power plant (pictured) in the French port of
Total ready to open palm-oil plant
Environment
French oil and gas giant Total is set to start up a biodiesel refinery using palm oil, despite opposition from
French unions condemn GE’s job cuts
Industry
French trade unions and the opposition are furious that US industrial giant General Electric (GE) said it would cut 1,044
Trump team threaten Europe with sanctions over Instex
Industry
Donald Trump’s staff have threatened sanctions against the financial body created by Germany, the UK and France to preserve trade
EDF extends nuclear plant outages
Production
EDF Energy, owned by French utilities giant EDF, has extended outages at the two reactors at its Hunterston power station
Europe rejects Iran’s 60-day nuclear ultimatum
Policy
France, Germany and the UK have rejected Iran’s 60-day “ultimatum” over the 2015 nuclear deal a year after the US
France and Ireland agree 700MW interconnector
Transmission
The French and Irish energy regulators have given the go-ahead for financing a bilateral 700-megawatt power link that is due
France, Denmark eye hydrogen future
Environment
France’s state-run utility EDF has launched a hydrogen production and distribution firm to support the decarbonisation of industry and transport