Overview
- EDF on February 16 released an internal analysis detailing industrial, organizational and social impacts from increased ramping across its 57 reactors.
- The company reports the phenomenon has accelerated over the past two years with new wind and solar capacity while electricity demand remains weak.
- Recent operations illustrate the pattern, with twelve reactors at low power on Saturday and ten on Sunday before the fleet returned to full output on Monday.
- EDF says repeated reductions and stops to accommodate renewable surges increase wear on installations.
- The publication shortly after the government's PPE3 decree intensified political contention over the pace of renewable expansion and nuclear production objectives.