The energy situation has changed little at the EDF field over the past week. The energy company still has 19 reactors out of the 56 that make up the French nuclear park. Almost half, eight to be exact, are immobilized by problems related to the phenomenon of corrosion under stress.
Although the number of stopped infrastructures has practically doubled in just two months, the situation should not get worse in the short term. EDF does not plan to change its maintenance schedule for nuclear power plants as major cracks have been discovered at three sites in recent weeks. The operator also maintains its electricity production target for this year.
As a reminder, the energy company wants to once again exceed the symbolic threshold of 300 TWh of electricity produced in 2023 after a year in 2022 that resulted in the lowest production level in the sector in almost 35 years, with 279 TWh.
Water stocks rise again, gas stocks continue to fall
The status quo can also be observed in the dams, whose fill rate has increased by two small points in one week thanks to the rainfall observed in recent days. Its level, however, continues to be lower than usual levels with disparities according to geographical areas, the situation being more critical for the infrastructures of the Alps than for those of the Pyrenees or the Massif Central.
As for gas stocks, they continue to fall and are no longer filled to more than 30% compared to 34% last week and 40% a fortnight ago. Pour autant, cette baisse des reserves de gaz est totalement maîtrisée par Engie qui à l’habitude de les vider à cette période de l’année avant de les remplir à nouveau à partir du mois d’avril et jusqu’à la fin de l ‘Summer. In fact, the arrivals of liquefied natural gas continue on the European coasts.
Source: BFM TV
