Sophie Tetrel

(Montel) EDF's plans to build two new generation reactors – totalling 3.2 GW in capacity – in northern France are ready to “enter a concrete phase", a senior executive of the French state-owned utility said on Monday.

(Montel) Climate change in Europe is making what was “once exceptional, recurrent”, having seen a series of heatwaves this summer that has forced

(Montel) The French front-month power contract hit EUR 130.74/MWh on Monday, its highest on a rolling basis in nearly three years, amid heat-related nuclear outage extensions and a gas price spike.

(Montel) French nuclear output dropped 8.5% year on year to 26 TWh last month, its lowest monthly level since May 2025 and a three-year low for August amid environmental cuts, preliminary data from TSO RTE showed on Wednesday.

(Montel) New French power supply offers reflecting hours of high solar generation could lower French wholesale prices by shifting up to 20 GW of demand by 2030, an energy consultant told Montel on Thursday.

(Montel) France expects the European Commission to approve its subsidy scheme for six new nuclear reactors totalling about 10 GW, allowing a final investment decision by the end of the year, an energy ministry official said.

(Montel) Renewables lobby France Renouvelables urged the government on Wednesday to set the dates and volumes for upcoming tenders to avoid a

(Montel) France plans to facilitate the deployment of large solar plants paired with battery storage by raising the maximum project capacity from 17 MW to 25 MW by year-end, the government said on Thursday.

(Montel) Talks between France and the European Commission over financing six new reactors have hit a hurdle over concessions aimed at curbing EDF's market dominance, three separate sources have told Montel.

(Montel) France's nuclear output is set to fall 2% this year amid record environmental capacity cuts, analysts told Montel this week.