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French April power base load is tracking a weekly decline of just above 3% as of Thursday’s close, tracking losses in EU gas markets. French front-month power is expected to extend losses today, once trading, with forecasts for milder weather in France. 

  • France Base Power APR 25 closed down 5.8% at 54.31 EUR/MWh on 6 March.
  • EUA DEC 25 down 0.5% at 67.01 EUR/MT
  • TTF Gas APR 25 down 2% at 37.465 EUR/MWh
  • Nuclear availability in France declined to 75% of capacity as of Friday morning, down from 77% on Thursday, RTE data showed, cited by Bloomberg.
  • French nuclear generation is forecast at 47.48GWh on Saturday and to 47.47GWh on Sunday, from 47.51GWh on Friday, Reuters data showed.
  • EdF’s 1.33GW Paluel reactor had an unplanned outage on Friday morning that is scheduled until Sunday 23:00CET.
  • The latest two-week ECMWF weather forecast for Paris suggests mean temperatures have been revised up on the day to remain above the seasonal normal through the forecast period.
  • Mean temperatures in Paris are forecast to rise to 11.8C on Saturday, from 11.2C on Friday and above the seasonal average of 7.1C.
  • Power demand in France is forecast to fall to 48.7GW on Saturday, down from 54.06GW on Friday according to Blommberg.
  • Wind output in France is forecast to increase to 10.22GW during base load on Saturday, up from 8.75GW on Friday. Solar PV output is forecast to edge down to 7.46GW during peak load on Saturday, down from 7.92GW on Friday according to SpotRenewables.
  • Residual load in France is forecast to decline to 34.24GWh/h on Saturday and to 36.58GWh/h on Sunday, from 40.2GWh/h on Friday according to Reuters.
  • France’s hydro balance has been revised higher on the day to end at -3.43TWh on 21 March, compared with -4.01TWh a day earlier according to Bloomberg.
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French April power base load is tracking a weekly decline of just above 3% as of Thursday’s close, tracking losses in EU gas markets. French front-month power is expected to extend losses today, once trading, with forecasts for milder weather in France. 

  • France Base Power APR 25 closed down 5.8% at 54.31 EUR/MWh on 6 March.
  • EUA DEC 25 down 0.5% at 67.01 EUR/MT
  • TTF Gas APR 25 down 2% at 37.465 EUR/MWh
  • Nuclear availability in France declined to 75% of capacity as of Friday morning, down from 77% on Thursday, RTE data showed, cited by Bloomberg.
  • French nuclear generation is forecast at 47.48GWh on Saturday and to 47.47GWh on Sunday, from 47.51GWh on Friday, Reuters data showed.
  • EdF’s 1.33GW Paluel reactor had an unplanned outage on Friday morning that is scheduled until Sunday 23:00CET.
  • The latest two-week ECMWF weather forecast for Paris suggests mean temperatures have been revised up on the day to remain above the seasonal normal through the forecast period.
  • Mean temperatures in Paris are forecast to rise to 11.8C on Saturday, from 11.2C on Friday and above the seasonal average of 7.1C.
  • Power demand in France is forecast to fall to 48.7GW on Saturday, down from 54.06GW on Friday according to Blommberg.
  • Wind output in France is forecast to increase to 10.22GW during base load on Saturday, up from 8.75GW on Friday. Solar PV output is forecast to edge down to 7.46GW during peak load on Saturday, down from 7.92GW on Friday according to SpotRenewables.
  • Residual load in France is forecast to decline to 34.24GWh/h on Saturday and to 36.58GWh/h on Sunday, from 40.2GWh/h on Friday according to Reuters.
  • France’s hydro balance has been revised higher on the day to end at -3.43TWh on 21 March, compared with -4.01TWh a day earlier according to Bloomberg.