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POWER: French Hydro Stocks Rebound to End Eight-Week Downward Trend

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French hydropower reserves last week – calendar week 51 – increased by 0.2 percentage points to 71% of capacity to end their eight-week downward trend, while narrowing the surplus to the five-year average, RTE data showed.

  • Stocks decreased sharply by 5.27 points the week prior.
  • French hydropower stocks narrowed the surplus to the five-year average to 2.8 points last week, compared with 3.1 points the week before.
  • Reserves also narrowed the deficit to last year’s levels to 5.9 points, compared with a deficit of 7.4 points the week prior.
  • French nuclear generation last week declined by 3.09GW to 47.90GW.
  • Hydropower output from reservoirs fell by 1.57GW last week to 1.27GW. Generation from run-of-river decreased by 662MW to 5.13GW, with output from pumped storage down by 752MW to 1.10GW.
  • Offshore wind output last week rose by 314MW to 1.02GW, with Onshore wind rising to 9.64GW from 51.6GW the week prior. Solar PV output edged up 141MW to 1.21GW.
  • Power demand in France last week decreased to 60.3GW from 65.12GW the week before.
  • Precipitation in the hydro-intensive region of Grenoble last week totalled 17.6mm, below the seasonal average of around 19.2mm.
  • Looking ahead, the latest weather forecast for Grenoble for this week suggested precipitation will be at 0mm until picking on 2 January, compared with the seasonal normal of around 3.2 mm/d.
  • The latest 6-10 day ECMWF weather forecast for Paris suggested mean temperatures have been revised up on the day by as much as 1.5C over 28 December to 1 January. Temperatures are expected to remain below the norm until 29 December before flipping above the next day and remaining relatively inline until 4 January.
  • French nuclear availability is forecast to average around 53.2GW for the remainder of this week, with the average increased by around 2GW next week, Reuters data showed.
  • Nuclear fleet availability stood at 84% as of 27 December, RTE data showed, cited by Bloomberg.

  • Wind output in France is forecast to fall to 0.823GW on Saturday from 1.09GW forecasted for Friday according to SpotRenewables. But will pick up next week to be between 8-65% load factors over 30 December-3 January.





     

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French hydropower reserves last week – calendar week 51 – increased by 0.2 percentage points to 71% of capacity to end their eight-week downward trend, while narrowing the surplus to the five-year average, RTE data showed.

  • Stocks decreased sharply by 5.27 points the week prior.
  • French hydropower stocks narrowed the surplus to the five-year average to 2.8 points last week, compared with 3.1 points the week before.
  • Reserves also narrowed the deficit to last year’s levels to 5.9 points, compared with a deficit of 7.4 points the week prior.
  • French nuclear generation last week declined by 3.09GW to 47.90GW.
  • Hydropower output from reservoirs fell by 1.57GW last week to 1.27GW. Generation from run-of-river decreased by 662MW to 5.13GW, with output from pumped storage down by 752MW to 1.10GW.
  • Offshore wind output last week rose by 314MW to 1.02GW, with Onshore wind rising to 9.64GW from 51.6GW the week prior. Solar PV output edged up 141MW to 1.21GW.
  • Power demand in France last week decreased to 60.3GW from 65.12GW the week before.
  • Precipitation in the hydro-intensive region of Grenoble last week totalled 17.6mm, below the seasonal average of around 19.2mm.
  • Looking ahead, the latest weather forecast for Grenoble for this week suggested precipitation will be at 0mm until picking on 2 January, compared with the seasonal normal of around 3.2 mm/d.
  • The latest 6-10 day ECMWF weather forecast for Paris suggested mean temperatures have been revised up on the day by as much as 1.5C over 28 December to 1 January. Temperatures are expected to remain below the norm until 29 December before flipping above the next day and remaining relatively inline until 4 January.
  • French nuclear availability is forecast to average around 53.2GW for the remainder of this week, with the average increased by around 2GW next week, Reuters data showed.
  • Nuclear fleet availability stood at 84% as of 27 December, RTE data showed, cited by Bloomberg.

  • Wind output in France is forecast to fall to 0.823GW on Saturday from 1.09GW forecasted for Friday according to SpotRenewables. But will pick up next week to be between 8-65% load factors over 30 December-3 January.





     

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