EDF updates its 2023 French nuclear output estimate

EDF updates its 2023 French nuclear output estimate

EDF updates its 2023 French nuclear output estimate from 340 – 370 TWh to 300-330 TWh.

This estimate takes into account:

• a heavy industrial programme with 43 reactor outages for maintenance and inspection, including 6 ten-yearly inspections, plus 4 scheduled outages starting in 2022 that will continue into 2023;
• the continuation of the control and repair programme on the pipes potentially affected by the stress corrosion phenomenon, which is still ongoing.

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About EDF

As a major player in energy transition, the EDF Group is an integrated energy company active in all businesses: generation, transmission, distribution, energy trading, energy sales and energy services. EDF group is a world leader in low-carbon energy, having developed a diverse production mix based mainly on nuclear and renewable energy (including hydropower). It is also investing in new technologies to support energy transition. EDF’s raison d’être is to build a net zero energy future with electricity and innovative solutions and services, to help save the planet and drive well-being and economic development. The Group is involved in supplying energy and services to approximately 37.9 million customers ⁽¹⁾, of whom 28.7 million in France ⁽²⁾. It generated consolidated sales of €69.0 billion in 2020. EDF is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.

(1)   Since 2018, customers are counted per delivery site. A customer can have two delivery points: one for electricity and another one for gas.

(2)   Including ÉS (Électricité de Strasbourg).

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