Xinhua News Agency Beijing, August 30. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned the business community on the 29th that the possibility of implementing energy rationing this winter will not be ruled out. She urged businesses to take steps to reduce energy consumption.
"If we act together, we can overcome the risk of (energy) shortages ... but if all the bad scenarios come together, we may have to cut supply to consumers," Borne told business owners at Business Movement France. Representatives, "If we end up taking rationing measures, businesses will be affected the most, and we need to prepare for that." People fill up at a gas station on the outskirts of Paris, France, on August 18. Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Jing
Borne said the government is already working on contingency plans, including setting up a "quota trading system" to allow companies to buy and sell electricity quotas, as well as support measures for those companies that may be "disproportionately affected" by rationing .
She urged all businesses to take action and develop their own energy-saving plans in September.
After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine on February 24, European Union imposed a series of sanctions on Russia, the supply of natural gas from Russia plummeted, and the price of international energy market soared. However, compared with some European countries, France is less dependent on Russia for energy and is less affected by rising natural gas prices.
On July 13, a girl drinks water from the heat in the glass pyramid square of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Jing photo
According to Agence France-Presse report, about 70% of France's electricity supply comes from the country's 56 nuclear reactors . However, 32 nuclear reactors are currently out of operation and are undergoing routine maintenance or corrosion risk assessments. "Restarting nuclear reactors that have been shut down is essential to avoid blackouts," said Borne. French President Emmanuel Macron visited Algeria last week to discuss with the North African gas producer Increase the gas supply to France. Macron expressed optimism about the country's winter energy supply prospects.
He said: "We won't have any problems because we are very little reliant on gas. We have a gas supply pipeline with Norway , we have increased our gas supply and we have taken (gas) diversification. Measures." On August 27, Algerian President Teben (right) attended the signing ceremony with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in the capital, Algiers. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of the Presidential Palace of Algeria)
Macron mentioned that France has built a new liquefied natural gas processing station in the northern port Le Havre , and the French natural gas reserves have now reached 90% of the total capacity, " From a purely French point of view, wintering is not a problem." According to
data from the International Energy Agency, natural gas accounts for about 20% of France's total energy consumption, of which less than 10% is used for power generation.
However, the weather is "the most critical factor" this winter, Agnès Parnier-Lunachet, France's energy transition minister, said in a meeting with representatives of the French business movement. Claire Weissant, vice president of French energy supplier Angie Group, said that he hoped that it would not be too cold this winter, so that the electricity and gas consumption of enterprises could be guaranteed, otherwise there would be a shortage of supply. (Chen Dan)
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