French nuclear plant shuts down due to swarm of jellyfish in cooling systems

This is relevant based on recent policy discussions in France of potentially slowing the pace of renewables deployments due to impairing the financials of EDF (who operates their nuclear fleet). Luckily, they did not come into force, but France is in desperate need of battery storage and more interconnect capacity to export it's excess power and better orchestrate nuclear vs renewables during climate events (where nuclear output requires curtailment due to operating limitations).

France Doubles Renewables Curtailment on Supply-Demand Mismatch - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/france-re... | https://archive.today/EAdTV - July 22nd, 2025

France’s Tally of Negative Power Prices Just Beat the 2024 Total - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/france-s-... | https://archive.today/iZiDm - June 30th, 2025

French Lawmakers Reject a Moratorium on Solar and Wind Projects - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/french-la... | https://archive.today/NrLPH - June 24th, 2025

France’s 2024 Power Grid Was 95% Fossil Free as Nuclear, Renewables Jumped - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-20/france-s-... | https://archive.today/Spmqf - January 20th, 2025