In response to the ongoing energy crisis and the shutdown of numerous nuclear power facilities, France chose to reactivate a coal-fired power plant in Saint-Avold in the country’s northeast over the weekend.
The Emile Hochette plant was cut off from the grid at the end of March, but the French Energy Ministry has now decided to restore it so that it can once again produce energy. However, its operations will initially last until the end of 2023.
And 70 laid-off workers consented to resume their positions with a wage increase. The sole other coal-fired power station in France, except Émile Hoechette, is the Cordemes plant in western France.
The coal transported from Russia was used to power the Emil Hochette plant before it was shut down. Now, coal will be imported from South Africa, the United States, and Colombia.
In France, more than half of the 56 nuclear power reactors have shut down for maintenance or inspection work, putting the country at risk of going without electricity next winter.
Although it is not yet apparent if this is feasible, the French government is pressuring the electric firm, EDF, to restart all nuclear reactors by winter.
French coal-fired power station is restarted
About Author
