In a press release, the energy company raises the range of this estimate previously between 340 and 360 terawatt hours to an interval between 358 and 364 TWh.
EDF again revised upwards on Wednesday its estimate of nuclear production for the year 2024 in France, increasing it from a range of 340-360 TWh to 358-364 TWh, without counting the Flamanville EPR, which must soon to be connected to the network.
“This revision is based on the very good production performance of the nuclear fleet thanks in particular to the optimization of unit outages, as well as the industrial control of controls and repair sites linked to stress corrosion,” explains the energy company in a press release.
EDF had already increased its forecasts in September, from 315-345 TWh to 340-360 TWh. Connection to the Flamanville EPR network is still planned by “the end of autumn 2024”, specified EDF. It will allow French homes to benefit from the energy of the most powerful reactor (1,600 MW), the 57th in the fleet, according to the group.
A “more pleasant” situation than in December 2022 and 2023
Its CEO, Luc Rémont, welcomed Tuesday, during a conference of the French Electricity Union, a situation “more pleasant this month of December than the months of December of the two previous years”. Nuclear production has notably been affected in recent years by a corrosion phenomenon on certain reactors, which were shut down as a result.
In 2022, EDF's nuclear production fell to 279 TWh, its lowest level in 30 years, which forced France to import electricity, a first in 42 years. In 2023, production increased by 15% compared to that of 2022, climbing to 320.4 TWh.
“With a level of production that has risen close to the optimum, even if we still have a little work to do, this actually allows us to ask the right questions about our energy transition and how to make it successful,” added Luc Rémont on Tuesday.
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