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Amber Deharo
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Electricity consumption jumps do not arrive not only in winter. Scorching temperatures also affect the quantities consumed.
This Thursday, July 26, 1 pm, the Transmission System (RTE) expects a peak electricity consumption of 58.1 gigawatts (GW) . That's the highest of the summer season. In question: a whole series of factors, explains the company in the columns of Parisien. "All employees have not yet deserted the offices to take the road for holidays," she observes. Translation: the economic activity of France therefore leads to a production and a consumption of electricity still high for the period.
Moreover, the heat wave which falls on France for a few days, and in particular in Island -de-France, leads to overconsumption of electricity. Because many companies and individuals decide to use air conditioning systems to capture a bit of freshness. "Global warming has gone through that, before we said that the high temperatures lasted a month at most.Today, we expect it to last.Then we equip ourselves," notes in the daily a seller of a Parisian Castorama
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A trend that confirms RTE: "In summer, the air conditioning inevitably weighs on the consumption of electricity.Not as much as the heating in winter, but the phenomenon still tends to impose more and more". Peaks in electricity consumption are often noted when the outdoor temperature drops by one degree in winter. Now, the same logic applies in summer when temperatures rise and fans, air conditioners and other everyday gear running at full speed. A single small degree of increase generates a 500 MW surge in power, which is half of a nuclear reactor.
However, RTE is rebaduring about its ability to supply the French grid without any problem. "Even in these delicate moments, we do not encounter any particular difficulties thanks to an anticipation of every moment," explains the company. Especially since it has already seen worse in summer: June 22, 2017, the summer power consumption had reached 59.5 GW. A record never beaten.
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