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France's state-owned nuclear utility; largest nuclear fleet in Europe.
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#3 1 Sept
“flamanville 3 enters overhaul from september”
European Energy Markets · source event
#32 2 Aug
Curtailed 7.6 GW of nuclear output on river-cooling limits
European Energy Markets: River heat cuts 7.6 GW off EDF's fleet#30 25 Jul
Kept nuclear output flat through the widest French discount of the run
European Energy Markets: France goes EUR 43 below Germany#30 23 Jul
Mentioned in: Friday's German spark briefly broke even
European Energy Markets#29 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Spark stays negative, French edge erodes
European Energy Markets#28 19 Jul
Shut Chooz, Golfech and Bugey units on 12 July and slipped their restarts to 19-25 July
European Energy Markets: France cheaper on a waiver ending today#27 16 Jul
Mentioned in: FR-DE spread flips three times, no restart
European Energy Markets#27 14 Jul
Pushed reactor restart dates back to 19, 22 and 25 July
European Energy Markets: EDF slips three reactor restarts to late July#26 12 Jul
Took Chooz, Golfech and Bugey fully offline on cooling-water discharge limits
European Energy Markets: French heat flips the FR-DE spread#25 9 Jul
Warned of river-cooling curtailment risk at Chooz and four other reactors
European Energy Markets: EDF adds Chooz to the curtailment list#24 4 Jul
Kept French nuclear clearing below Germany's thermal floor
European Energy Markets: France holds cheaper leg, heat unwinds#22 30 Jun
Deepened nuclear curtailments to 12% of the French fleet on river-temperature constraints with Bugey 3 offline and Golfech and Nogent throttled
European Energy Markets: France stays the cheaper power leg#21 23 Jun
Curtailed output at Golfech and Nogent as river temperatures neared the 28°C regulatory limit
European Energy Markets: French reactors curtail on river heat#20 22 Jun
Ran nuclear fleet without curtailment, letting Germany's thermal stack reset the clearing price
European Energy Markets: German spark turns firmly positive now#20 22 Jun
Maintained nuclear output suppressing French day-ahead to EUR 106.80
European Energy Markets: France clears below Germany by EUR 17#19 16 Jun
Ran without a curtailment event on 17 June, suppressing French day-ahead clearing to EUR 98.32
European Energy Markets: FR-DE day-ahead resets to Germany dearer#18 15 Jun
Operated nuclear fleet under cooling-water-restriction risk, bidding French July power 10% higher in two days
European Energy Markets: FR-DE power spread inverts, France on top#16 8 Jun
Anchored French day-ahead near EUR 28 through nuclear fleet dispatch
European Energy Markets: France-Germany spread sets EUR 96.20 record#15 3 Jun
France EUR 9, Germany EUR 103: record spread
European Energy Markets#6 30 May
Repurposed a former power-station site at Bouchain to supply nuclear baseload directly to the campus
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: SoftBank bets EUR 75bn on France#13 29 May
maintained 350-370 TWh full-year guidance while French cooling load drew on nuclear capacity
European Energy Markets: May heatwave squeezes injection to 0.3 pp/day#12 25 May
Held 350-370 TWh full-year nuclear guidance, suppressing French clearing
European Energy Markets: FR-DE power spread hits a weekly high#11 21 May
Mentioned in: FR-DE day-ahead spread doubles to EUR 46.58
European Energy Markets#9 12 May
Mentioned in: France swings 88% as FR-DE spread halves
European Energy Markets#9 9 May
Reported 29.3 TWh April output and held 350-370 TWh full-year guidance unchanged
European Energy Markets: EDF holds 350-370 TWh guidance on 29.3 TWh#8 7 May
Reported April 2026 nuclear output of 29.3 TWh, up 2.2 TWh year-on-year
European Energy Markets: FR-DE spread to EUR 37 at higher floors#10 5 May
Declared Flamanville-3 in commercial operation on 5 May and held FY guidance at 350-370 TWh
European Energy Markets: Flamanville-3 commercial, 1.6 GW overhaul in September#6 28 Apr
Sustained nuclear surplus output suppressing French forward power prices relative to Germany
European Energy Markets: France-Germany May power spread doubles record#5 26 Apr
Mentioned in: Italy-France day-ahead spread hits EUR 153/MWh
European Energy Markets#5 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Germany sets September 2026 for first 8 GW gas auction
European Energy Markets#3 17 Apr
Mentioned in: Italy-Spain spread compresses 76% in four sessions
European Energy Markets#2 15 Apr
EDF March output highest since 2019
European Energy Markets#2 15 Apr
#2 1 Mar
#13 1 Jan