Forrest Crellin

RT @KateAbnett: EU coal generation rose by 7% last year as countries scrambled to replace Russian gas, but the increase was smaller than fe…

EDF is expecting to hear from the nuclear regulator next week for clearance on their plan to fix the welds of the Penly nuclear plant. A welder told me the process for the first reactor took about five months. https://t.co/eSiTa3JSNY

France expects to avoid electricity cuts on Monday but faces a difficult week as the first cold snap of the winter tests Europe's resolve to save energy and mitigate the economic impact of the Ukraine war. https://t.co/0V7LvqppXm

The cold weather gave the French power grid a bit of a test today, but imports from all its neighbors and high gas-fired production allowed supply to meet demand after more delays were announced at the nuclear park this weekend. https://t.co/Sdlpp9q2BM

RT @RowenaCaine: A light at the end of the tunnel for French oil refining: 🟠 Gravenchon back 🟠 Fos back by end of week 🟠 Gonfreville walk…

Strikes at France's nuclear power plants have affected 20 of its 56 reactors today, complicating operator EDF's maintenance schedule ahead of the winter, and costing the company millions of euros per day that each reactor is slowed https://t.co/RXKrgA6I6r

France's FNME trade union resumed their strikes over salaries, delaying maintenance work on eight reactors as the union sent a message of support to striking refinery workers. https://t.co/51oycH15sw

The French government on Wednesday started ordering staff at an Exxon Mobil fuel depot back to work, striving to secure petrol supplies following weeks-long strikes but risking a wider conflict with trade unions. https://t.co/PQnC2wFLZS

Roughly one in five petrol stations throughout France is not being supplied as it should and strategic oil reserves will likely be used at the weekend, the country's energy minister said as strikes at four TotalEnergies refineries continue for a tenth day. https://t.co/fpz7fkd5M7

RT @RowenaCaine: Explainer: French refinery strikes are timed to hit hard #oott w/ @forrest_crellin TotalEnergies said it had increased i…

RT @RowenaCaine: Strikes at TotalEnergies' French refineries have continued past the 3-day window originally announced, and could continue…

French union members are further limiting strained refining capacity in the country by temporarily halting production at the 240,000 bpd Gofreville refinery, protesting for better pay amid spiraling inflation https://t.co/sAXWXrxVfO

France, once Europe's top power exporter, may not produce enough nuclear energy this winter to help European neighbours seeking alternatives to Russian gas, and may even have to ration electricity to meet its own needs. https://t.co/ZPeJ7z2ngq

RT @ReutersCommods: France favours gas terminals over new pipeline to tackle crisis https://t.co/AVUfwzmFJT

Power supply has been reduced at a nuclear plant on the Garonne river as sweltering temperatures in the region have led to hot river water and droughts. https://t.co/2Fb0OSxlRq

High water temperatures threaten to reduce France's already unusually low nuclear output, piling more pressure on operator EDF at a time when half its reactors are offline due to maintenance and corrosion issues. https://t.co/7OgWYBvf5h

The French state has said it will fully nationalise EDF, the debt-laden utility that runs the nation's nuclear power plants and which the government has so far struggled to restructure. https://t.co/ADlXS4Tuww