Electricity: “We have raised the coal quota a little bit, because we need room to maneuver” says Barbara Pompili
The Minister of Ecological Transition assures that “coal is the enemy No. 1” and explains that it is to compensate for the shutdown of a “too” many nuclear reactors. It assures to have ordered an audit to EDF on the question.
“We went up a little bit the quota of coal, because we need margins of maneuver because of nuclear reactors which are stopped whereas they would not have had to be (…) But we are on proportions which are very very small”, assured Barbara Pompili, minister of the Ecological Transition, this Tuesday on franceinfo. “It is 2 to 3% of our electricity production and it is 0.2% of our greenhouse gas emissions in France.”
The government has temporarily relaxed the limits on the use of the last coal-fired power plants to ensure electricity supply, according to a decree published last Sunday in the Official Journal.
“Coal is enemy number one,” Barbara Pompili assured. When we arrived in 2017, there were still a dozen oil and coal plants in France. Of the four coal-fired plants, two are closed, the third will close in the spring and the other once the Flamanville EPR is up and running.”
“Too many” nuclear reactors shut down
“There will not be a generalized blackout in France by the end of the winter,” explained Barbara Pompili. If the power stations turn more it is because the government had “need to recover a certain number of margins. Today, we have too many nuclear reactors that are shut down for a number of reasons due to maintenance delays and aging. I have asked EDF for an audit because we have a problem with too many shut-down reactors. EDF is due to give me a first report in March.”
➡️ “Coal is enemy No. 1,” says the Minister of Ecological Transition, who recalls that the government has closed coal-fired power plants. “Yes, we use them a little more, but we are on small proportions” who reassures: “There is no risk of blackout” pic.twitter.com/3zC4phRJ64
– franceinfo (@franceinfo) February 8, 2022
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Electricity: “We have raised the coal quota a little bit, because we need room to maneuver” says Barbara Pompili
The Minister of Ecological Transition assures that “coal is the enemy No. 1” and explains that it is to compensate for the shutdown of a “too” many nuclear reactors. It assures to have ordered an audit to EDF on the question.
“We went up a little bit the quota of coal, because we need margins of maneuver because of nuclear reactors which are stopped whereas they would not have had to be (…) But we are on proportions which are very very small”, assured Barbara Pompili, minister of the Ecological Transition, this Tuesday on franceinfo. “It is 2 to 3% of our electricity production and it is 0.2% of our greenhouse gas emissions in France.”
The government has temporarily relaxed the limits on the use of the last coal-fired power plants to ensure electricity supply, according to a decree published last Sunday in the Official Journal.
“Coal is enemy number one,” Barbara Pompili assured. When we arrived in 2017, there were still a dozen oil and coal plants in France. Of the four coal-fired plants, two are closed, the third will close in the spring and the other once the Flamanville EPR is up and running.”
“Too many” nuclear reactors shut down
“There will not be a generalized blackout in France by the end of the winter,” explained Barbara Pompili. If the power stations turn more it is because the government had “need to recover a certain number of margins. Today, we have too many nuclear reactors that are shut down for a number of reasons due to maintenance delays and aging. I have asked EDF for an audit because we have a problem with too many shut-down reactors. EDF is due to give me a first report in March.”
➡️ “Coal is enemy No. 1,” says the Minister of Ecological Transition, who recalls that the government has closed coal-fired power plants. “Yes, we use them a little more, but we are on small proportions” who reassures: “There is no risk of blackout” pic.twitter.com/3zC4phRJ64
– franceinfo (@franceinfo) February 8, 2022