Tag: Electricite de France
Energy company EDF writes record loss of 18 billion euros
Nuclear power plant in Saint-Laurent-Nouan, France In total, EDF’s mountain of debt now amounts to 64.5 billion euros – and is becoming a problem for the French government. (Photo: REUTERS)…
Are France’s New Nuclear Power Plants Safe?
France’s nuclear offensive Six reactors of a new type are to be built by the middle of the next decade. (Photo: Getty Images, Reuters [M]) Paris, Penly In December 2022,…
Tens of thousands of people protest against Macron’s pension reform
According to union information, up to 400,000 people made their way through the French capital on Thursday afternoon. “Working beyond the age of 60 is bad for your health,” read…
Tens of thousands of people protest against Macron’s pension reform
Tens of thousands of people made their way through the streets of the French capital on Thursday afternoon. “Working beyond the age of 60 is bad for your health,” read…
The first hours of the new Secretary of Defense
Good morning dear readers, you have to be careful with military language images these days, but the term “thrown into battle” is really obvious in relation to our new defense…
France is slowly returning to nuclear power
Cattenom nuclear power plant in France Many nuclear reactors in France are running again. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Paris The warnings before the winter were drastic in France: Because of…
High electricity prices: Germans pay more
Global trends Handelsblatt author Thomas Hanke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in the column. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) The state has placed a package under the…
France’s companies fear power outages, the government is reassuring
Penly Last Friday, Bruno Le Maire stood on a chalk cliff on the English Channel. French Economy Minister looks down at the Penly nuclear power station at the foot of…
Power cuts for up to 60 percent of the French possible
Nuclear power plant in Fessenheim France cannot currently meet its electricity needs on its own. (Photo: dpa) Paris The French government has drawn up an emergency plan for power supply…
Europe’s incredible dependence on Russia
Nuclear power appears to some as an alternative to Russian gas. But electricity from nuclear power is leading Europe from bad to worse. According to a study by the Austrian…
France is ramping up its nuclear power plants again
Paris The French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher wants to show that nuclear power is moving forward again in the country. The minister got an idea of the maintenance and repair…
Power vacuum in London
Good morning, dear readers, When media professionals wanted to illustrate the relentless shortness of breath in the world out there, they used to use the number of HSV coaches who…
Liz Truss makes Boris Johnson possible
Good morning, dear readers, in politics and business, the art of resignation is far less developed than the art of narrative. Events in the field of whitewashing have gained considerable…
Berlin’s election fiasco: Bundestag soon without the left?
Let’s start today for a change with Berlin, which is not only the capital, but also a breakdown city. You live there with a Willy Brandt airport, which does Brandt…
The Atomic Fantasy and Other Political Vaults
Volte 1: The nuclear phase-out. It had long been decided for the end of this year, a fixed factor for Green politicians. And now Germany suddenly owns nuclear power plants…
Habeck expects nuclear power plants to continue operating
Berlin, Dusseldorf On Tuesday evening, the nuclear power plant operators Eon and EnBW agreed with the federal government on key points for a possible and limited continued operation of the…
Habeck expects nuclear power plants to continue operating
Berlin, Dusseldorf On Tuesday evening, the nuclear power plant operators Eon and EnBW agreed with the federal government on key points for a possible and limited continued operation of the…
Habeck expects nuclear power plants to continue operating
Berlin, Dusseldorf On Tuesday evening, the nuclear power plant operators Eon and EnBW agreed with the federal government on key points for a possible and limited continued operation of the…
France is cautiously optimistic about the winter when it comes to electricity and gas
French nuclear power plant Cattenom The French network operator RTE rules out a total blackout in the country’s power supply in winter. (Photo: Paul-Langrock.de) Paris French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne…
Old fights against new
How long can we shower in winter? And is the washcloth an alternative to the rainfall shower? An energy policy debate is raging here, the superficiality of which hides the…