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A GOOD GOOD NEWS! EDF Curbs Nuclear Generation to Allow for Wind and Solar on Grid
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A GOOD GOOD NEWS!
EDF Curbs Nuclear Generation to Allow for Wind and Solar on Grid
Electricite de France SA, the world’s biggest nuclear operator, is having to cut production from its reactors to accommodate higher European wind and solar output, potentially curbing future earnings from atomic power.
The utility, whose 58 French reactors account for about three-quarters of the country’s electricity production, can lower the output of a 1,000-megawatt plant by four-fifths in about 20 minutes, Dominique Miniere, deputy director of engineering and production at EDF, said today.
“Varying output is doable,” Miniere said at a press conference in Paris. While total production isn’t affected in the short term, “we are doing this more and more often.”
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-19/edf-curbs-nuclear-generation-to-allow-for-wind-and-solar-on-grid.html
A GOOD GOOD NEWS!
EDF Curbs Nuclear Generation to Allow for Wind and Solar on Grid
Electricite de France SA, the world’s biggest nuclear operator, is having to cut production from its reactors to accommodate higher European wind and solar output, potentially curbing future earnings from atomic power.
The utility, whose 58 French reactors account for about three-quarters of the country’s electricity production, can lower the output of a 1,000-megawatt plant by four-fifths in about 20 minutes, Dominique Miniere, deputy director of engineering and production at EDF, said today.
“Varying output is doable,” Miniere said at a press conference in Paris. While total production isn’t affected in the short term, “we are doing this more and more often.”
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-19/edf-curbs-nuclear-generation-to-allow-for-wind-and-solar-on-grid.html
