French Power Slumps as Surging Renewables Push Out Atomic Plants

France needs more battery storage, but also larger interconnects with grids adjacent to it (notably Germany, where excess nuclear and renewables could push out coal generation).

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/FR

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE

> French electricity prices turned negative as a drop in demand and surging renewables output prompted some nuclear reactors to power down.

Can they just not sell power to neighboring countries?

The US does that between states.

Prices "slumping" is a good thing though, right?