French wind power costs fall
Environment
Costs have fallen in the latest French onshore wind tender, according to government results, with 22 projects, totalling 508 megawatts
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Dunkirk wind firm to be named in March
Environment
Sébastien Lecornu, the French ecological and solidarity transition secretary, says the results of the wind project off the coast at
EDF: reactors complement renewables
Environment
France’s nuclear utility EDF says it is addressing the rise of renewable energy by ensuring its 58 reactors are flexible
Journalists expelled from Ozersk
Environment
French television reporters working in Russia have been fined for trying to find the source of a radioactive cloud that
China set to snub Areva nuclear deal
Industry
A deal long sought by France’s Areva to build a US$12-billion nuclear waste reprocessing station in China looks increasingly unlikely
EDF and Mitsubishi form nuclear firm
Industry
The Atmea joint venture between France’s Areva and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to be restructured after the sale
Iter key to US science: study
Production
The United States is lagging far behind the world on fusion research and must not withdraw funding from the International
EDF benefits from ‘dreadful’ Hinkley deal
Environment
Hinkley Point, on England’s Somerset coast, is the biggest building site in Europe at 430 acres and the UK’s first
France bans new fuel extraction
Environment
The French parliament has enacted a ban on producing oil and gas by 2040, which is seen as a largely
EDF agrees nuclear deal
Production
The board of French power utility EDF has agreed to buy a majority stake in the nuclear branch of Areva
Iter fusion project marks ‘halfway’ point
Production
An ambitious multilateral experiment to show nuclear fusion can be a viable source of energy is reportedly halfway towards completion.
French warned of power outages
Consumption
France faces electricity blackouts this winter because of nuclear reactor outages, low water levels in hydroelectric power plants and premature