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Seeking a Compromise Between Brussels and Paris on Funding for France’s New Nuclear Power Plants

  • Op-ed

  • Environnement

  • Infrastructure and Networks

  • Energy and Climate

France is counting on nuclear power to decarbonize its economy, but the French government’s massive funding of the six future EPR2 reactors runs up against European competition rules. A standoff is brewing between…

Seeking a Compromise Between Brussels and Paris on Funding for France’s New Nuclear Power Plants

Op-ed

One of the key measures taken by France to decarbonize its economy while meeting the sharp increase in electricity demand expected in the coming decades is for EDF to build six third-generation nuclear reactors…

Towards an electricity industry regulation adapted to data centers

  • Op-ed

  • Energy and Climate

Since the early 2020s, electricity demand linked to investments in data centers (DCs) has accelerated. The International Energy Agency (2025) forecasts that upcoming massive investments in DCs will increase their…

Power surges in electrical systems

  • Op-ed

  • Environnement

In its decision of April 9, 2026, the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) approved new rules designed to control voltage on the French power grid. These rules, developed by the electricity system operator…

Who’s out to destroy the electricity market?

  • Op-ed

  • Energy and Climate

Whenever an energy crisis erupts, the same idea resurfaces in the political sphere: what if we changed the way electricity prices are set in wholesale markets?

American-Style Electricity Savings

  • Op-ed

  • Environnement

  • Energy and Climate

On April 15, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) imposed a penalty on American Efficient (AE), a company specializing in “energy efficiency,” on the grounds that a large portion of its profits…

AI and Employment: Don't Fall for the Alarmist Rhetoric

  • Op-ed

  • Economics

  • Digital

The impact of AI on the labor market will be ambivalent, destroying some jobs while improving productivity and facilitating access to other jobs. The issue of apprenticeships for young workers is complex, explains…

A Look Back at the Iberian Peninsula Blackout on April 28, 2025

  • Op-ed

  • Energy and Climate

Countries striving to be environmentally responsible are increasingly turning to (green) electricity as a means of meeting most of their energy needs.

Climate change: individual responsibility and collective responsibility

  • Op-ed

  • Environnement

  • Energy and Climate

On February 19th and 20th, the trial against TotalEnergies regarding its duty of climate vigilance took place.

How to Limit the Rise in Unemployment

  • Op-ed

  • Economics

Recent reforms to the labor market and unemployment insurance have helped stabilize the employment rate.

Big Tech's insatiable thirst for energy

  • Op-ed

  • Energy and Climate

Where will data center hosts and Artificial Intelligence (AI) service providers find the enormous amounts of electricity needed for their regular operations?

Prudential rules for electricity retailers

  • Op-ed

  • Environnement

  • Energy and Climate

Requiring electricity suppliers to exercise prudent management is a good thing. But how far can we go without stifling entrepreneurship and distorting competition?