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French power supply disrupted by striking workers
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 10, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 10, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Strikes at EDF facilities disrupt 2.5 GW of French power. Despite this, France remains a net exporter. Regional power prices rise due to reduced wind supply in Germany.
PARIS (Reuters) - Some 2.5 gigawatts (GW) of French power production was disrupted by a strike by workers at nuclear and hydro facilities operated by state-owned power giant EDF on Tuesday, data from the company showed.
Almost 1 gigawatt of hydro power production was taken offline along with 1.5 GW from two reactors at the Paluel nuclear plant northern France, EDF data showed.
EDF was not immediately available for comment.
This equates to near 4% of French power production at 1045 GMT, data from grid operator RTE showed. France is expected to remain a net exporter throughout the day, RTE data showed.
Regional spot power prices for Wednesday reached multi-month highs earlier as wind power supply in neighbouring Germany are expected to drop to less than a third of Tuesday's levels, while colder temperatures are also expected to drive up demand.
(Reporting by Forrest Crellin, Editing by Louise Heavens)
The main topic is the disruption of French power supply due to strikes at EDF-operated nuclear and hydro facilities.
The strikes disrupted 2.5 gigawatts of power production in France.
Regional spot power prices rose due to reduced wind supply in Germany and increased demand from colder temperatures.
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