France has 57 reactors that supply round-the-clock low-carbon electricity to more than three-quarters of the country's population and more than 250 of its industrial energy users at 530 sites

The Saint-Brieuc wind farm will be constructed some 16 kilometres (9.94 miles) off the coast of Brittany. It will be equipped with 62 units of 8-MW turbines supplied by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (BME:SGRE).

France's Framatome has signed a long-term service contract with the Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited (TNPJVC) to support operations of units 1 and 2 at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. The 1750-megawatt EPRs entered commercial operation in December 2018 and September 2019, respectively.

France's finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the economy was now expected to contract 8% this year instead of the 6% flagged as recently as Thursday.

EDF would lower its 2020 nuclear power production target of 375-390 TWh, but did not say by how much.

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced a €45 billion ($50 billion) aid package to help businesses and employees cope with the escalating health crisis and brace for a recession.

The joint-venture project, with a total investment of 7.9 billion yuan (about 1.13 billion U.S. dollars), was the first of its kind in offshore wind power with both domestic and foreign investment, China Energy said.

France's Fessenheim nuclear reactor, on the border with Germany, will be shut down at the end of June

The price of gas on the wholesale market decreased from €23.2/MWh in 2018 to €13.6/MWh in 2019 (-41%).

France's EDF missed its 2019 target, with nuclear output hurt by outages falling 3.5% to 379.5 TWh.