Électricité de France (EDF)
With a fleet of 56 nuclear reactors, substantial hydroelectric capacity, and growing renewable installations, EDF exemplifies redundancy in energy infrastructure.
Électricité de France (EDF) is France's dominant electric utility and one of the world's largest electricity generators, producing approximately 540 TWh annually with revenues of €140 billion. With a fleet of 56 nuclear reactors, substantial hydroelectric capacity, and growing renewable installations, EDF exemplifies redundancy in energy infrastructure.
The chapter examines EDF's generation capacity redundancy (35% excess capacity), network topology redundancy (N-1 and N-2 criteria), control system redundancy, and reserve capacity mechanisms. The 2022 crisis when 28 reactors were offline simultaneously tested these systems to their limits.
Key Leaders at Électricité de France (EDF)
Yves Bernard
Grid Control Shift Supervisor
Managed July 2022 heat wave grid crisis