[에너지신문] 22 February 2016 - French energy group EDF plans to shut down its entire fuel oil-fired power fleet in France by 2018, which corresponds to a total capacity of 5.2 GW, i.e. half of its thermal power generation capacity in the country.

The group will shut the two 700 MW units of its Aramon power plant in Gard in April 2016 as announced earlier. By 2018, the group would also stop operations at its 2,400 MW Porcheville plant (Yvelines) and the two 700 MW units at Cordemais (Loire-Atlantique). The plants could be operated until 2023 but adverse market conditions (low power prices on European markets) have made their operation unprofitable: in 2015, fuel-oil power plants accounted for 6.7% of EDF's capacity but only 0.6% of power generation, leading to a negative cash flow of €800m.

Low electricity prices had less impact on ENGIE, which benefited from lower gas prices for its gas-fired power plants (-21% in 2015); the group recently restarted its Cycofos CCGT plant that had been mothballed since April 2013.

-http://www.enerdata.net/enerdatauk/press-and-publication/energy-news-001/edf-plans-stop-its-oil-fired-power-plants-5-gw-2018-france_36195.html

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