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PARIS (AP) — French power network operator Enedis said Sunday that one of its technicians was killed as it battles to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes in the wake of major storms. The 46-year-old man killed Saturday was working in a rapid-reaction force deployed in the Brittany region of northwest France that was battered Thursday by Storm Ciarán. Packing record-breaking winds and rain, the storm killed 14 people across Europe. French media reported that the technician was electrocuted while working on a power cable. Enedis said Sunday that it was still working to restore power to 112,000 homes in Brittany and another 25,200 in the adjacent Normandy region.

Persons: Enedis, Saturday, Storm Ciarán, Domingos Organizations: PARIS Locations: Brittany, France, Europe, Normandy

Paris CNN —Storm Ciarán has brought hurricane-strength winds to France, the Channel Islands and southern England, leaving more than a million people without access to electricity and forcing hundreds of schools to close. Waves crashing on the Phare du Four in Porspoder, western France, on November 2, 2023, as Storm Ciarán reached the region. Fallen trees and electricity pylons uprooted by the storm were to blame for the cuts. A tree brought down by Storm Ciarán overnight blocking the road at Castle Hill on November 2, 2023 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Storm Ciarán follows less than two weeks after Storm Babet, which brought strong winds, heavy rainfall and flash flooding to parts of Scotland and northern and central England, killing several people.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Ciarán, Storm Ciarán, Damien Meyer, Enedis, Hugh Hastings, Ben Birchall, Storm Babet, ”, Friederike Otto, Angela Dewan Organizations: Paris CNN, Channel, Getty, French Transport, Clément, Franceinfo, Isles, Islands, Storm, Met, Met Office, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London Locations: France, England, Finistère, Porspoder, Brittany, Clément Beaune, Jersey, Cornwall, English, Castle Hill, Falmouth , Cornwall, Somerset, Scotland

☆ France riots: Public transport curtailed after rage over shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A burned bus is seen at the Aubervilliers bus terminal, north of Paris following police three days after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, Paris, France on June 30, 2023. France asked all local authorities to halt public transport early on Friday evening in a desperate attempt to restore order after rioters torched buildings and cars in a third night of rage sparked by the police shooting of a teenager. In the southern city of Marseille, France's second-largest, authorities banned public demonstrations set for Friday, and encouraged restaurants to close outdoor eating areas early. Rights groups allege systemic racism inside law enforcement agencies in France, a charge Macron has denied. The interior ministry said 79 police posts were attacked overnight, as well as 119 public buildings including 34 town halls and 28 schools.

Persons: Elisabeth Borne, Gerald Darmanin, Emmanuel Macron, France's, Mohamed Jakoubi, Macron, Darmanin, Agnes Pannier, Runacher Organizations: Rights, Energy Locations: Paris, Nanterre, France, Marseille, Lyon, Pau, Toulouse, Lille, Algerian, Brussels

REUTERS/Denis BalibousePARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - France's state-controlled utility EDF said on Friday three of its nuclear reactors were "ramping up" production after repairs, while a power outage tested nerves in Paris and cold weather added to the strain on supplies across Europe. EDF (EDF.PA) is racing to get nuclear reactors back online following work to tackle corrosion problems as the whole of Europe struggles to cope with the impact on its energy supplies of the Ukraine war. Compounding the impact of disrupted energy imports from Russia, a record number of outages at EDF's 56-strong nuclear fleet has taken France's nuclear output to a 30-year low, increasing the country's reliance on other country's depleted energy reserves. Later on Friday, EDF Chief Executive Luc Remont and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire are due to hold a news conference at a nuclear site. POWER CUTSGrid operator RTE, however, says the country's power supplies will be stretched even if EDF manages to stick to its repair schedule, and partial load-shedding measures cannot be ruled out this winter on cold days.

[1/2] Christel Heydemann, CEO of Orange, attends the MEDEF union summer forum "La Rencontre des Entrepreneurs de France, LaREF" at the Paris Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, August 30, 2022. 1 telecoms operator Orange (ORAN.PA) said on Wednesday, as the prospect of energy rationing looms amid the war in Ukraine. Executives said at the time there were not enough back-up systems in many European countries to handle widespread power cuts. "The operators put pressure so that we don't cut their antennas, there's a kind of arm wrestling," the source told Reuters. Only a few thousands mobile antennas would be completely shielded from potential power cuts at this stage, a telecoms industry source said, thus covering a fraction of the population and of the territory.

Europe has nearly half a million telecom towers and most of them have battery backups that last around 30 minutes to run the mobile antennas. Swedish telecom regulator PTS is working with telecom operators and other government agencies to find solutions, it said. The telecom operators are also working with national governments to check if plans are in place to maintain critical services. Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) will use mobile emergency power systems which mainly rely on diesel in the event of prolonged power failures, it said. France has about 62,000 mobile towers, and the industry will not be able to equip all antennas with new batteries, the FFT's president Liza Bellulo said.

☆ Ураган обесточил десятки тысяч домов во Франции
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-28 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Из-за урагана «Белла» около 34 тысяч домов в центральных и восточных регионах Франции остались без электричества, передает Deutsche Welle. Из-за урагана «Белла», случившегося в Великобритании и Франции в воскресенье, 27 декабря, в центральных и восточных регионах Франции оказались обесточены около 34 000 домов. В частности, отключение электроэнергии из-за стихии случилось в провинциях Овернь-Рона-Альпы, Бургонь-Франш-Конте и Эльзас, сообщает французское информагентство AFP со ссылкой на энергетическую компанию Enedis. Ранее из-за непогоды отключения электричества произошли в 18 000 домах в расположенных на берегу Атлантического океана регионах Бретань, Нормандия и О-де-Франс. Подтопления домов 27 декабря случились и в восточной части Англии.

Organizations: Deutsche Welle, AFP Enedis, AFP Locations: Франция, Великобритания, ОверньРонаАльпы, БургоньФраншКонте, Эльзас, Атлантический океан, Бретань, Нормандия, ОдеФранс, Эйфелевая башня, Париж, Англия

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