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| Wed, 1st Jul 2020 13:34:00 |
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New nuclear will ensure France's energy security, SFEN says |
In a technical note published on 16 June, SFEN said France's energy security by 2050 is at risk if the country's electricity system relies only on the large-scale deployment of renewable energies as well as on technologies still under development, whose industrial maturity cannot yet be guaranteed.
The French electrical system will be faced with three "exceptional challenges" in the next 30 years, SFEN said. Firstly, the country will have to replace most of its existing power reactors as they will reach 60 years of operation in the first half of the 2040s. It says this could risk a "cliff-edge effect". Secondly, France must meet the target of being carbon neutral by 2050. Thirdly, under its energy transition law, the country must reduce its reliance on nuclear energy, which is key for the grid stability, in favour of intermittent renewables.
France also faces other major uncertainties that could affect its energy supply and demand, SFEN said. The country's security of supply could, for example, be influenced by the energy strategies of neighbouring countries and on interconnections. France's National Low Carbon Strategy forecasts a 30% increase in electricity consumption by 2050, largely linked to electrification of transport and housing. SFEN said there are also technological and industrial uncertainties about the pace of deployment and the potential of renewable energies in France, as well as about energy storage, developing flexible demand and the development of electricity interconnection capacities.
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