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Parth Goel

Parth Goel

Principal Energy Analyst at S&P Global and DPhil researcher at University of Oxford, specializing in energy systems, power markets, and energy transition policy.

Jul 14, 2026

9:09
And now maybe let's go to the supply side of the picture, and especially since you've already mentioned French nuclear being one of the stress points, maybe tell our listeners why do heat waves particularly impact French nuclear?
9:23
Yeah, great question.
9:24
So this is where things start to be a bit more counterintuitive.
9:28
So you, of course, expect demand to increase during heat waves, but what is also affected is the entire power supply across Europe.
9:34
So what we're seeing is effectively two major impacted technologies.
9:39
We have the thermal technologies, which is gas-fired generation, coal-fired generation, but also very importantly, nuclear.
9:44
They become unavailable due to either a lack of cooling water, but also because due to discharge regulations, due, due to environmental regulations which lead to discharge constraints, right, into already warm rivers.

8 MINS LATER

18:19
So can you tell us a little bit about how is this really fundamentally changing the market?

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9:17
Maybe tell our listeners why do heat waves particularly impact French nuclear?
9:23
Yeah, great question.
9:24
So this is where things start to be a bit more counterintuitive.
9:28
So you, of course, expect demand to increase during heat waves, but what is also affected is the entire power supply across Europe.
9:34
So what we're seeing is effectively two major impacted technologies.
9:39
We have the thermal technologies, which is gas-fired generation, coal-fired generation, but also very importantly, nuclear.
9:44
They become unavailable due to either a lack of cooling water, but also because due to discharge regulations, due to environmental regulations which lead to discharge constraints, right, into already warm rivers.

8 MINS LATER

18:19
So can you tell us a little bit about how is this really fundamentally changing the market?

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