France is heading for a shortage of generating capacity within three years because of the planned closing of old fossil fuel-fired power plants and two nuclear reactors, grid operator Reseau de Transport d’Electricite (RTE) said. The power supply will be assured until 2015, when as much as 7.6 GW coal- and heating fuel oil-fired power plants may be phased out. The gap will reach 1.2 GW in 2016 and 2.1 GW in 2017 as two generators at the Fessenheim nuclear power plant will be shut by President Francois Hollande, who has pledged to cut reliance on nuclear power. Looking ahead, 15 French coal-fired plants with capacity of 3.9 GW will close from 2012 to 2016, while another 3.8 GW of heating oil-fired power plants will shut in 2016, RTE said. Four natural gas-fired plants are supposed to start up by 2017, while Electricite de France SA’s new EPR nuclear reactor at Flamanville is due to begin commercial production in 2016. Click Here For Complete Article Text
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