French hydro stocks fall to 20-year low

摘要

French hydro reserves were down 10% on the week andrn28.6% on the year in the week ended January 22, the lowestrnlevel for this period in at least 20 years, according to datarnfrom French grid operator RTE. Reserves were 1.35 TWh, fromrn1.5 TWh a week ago and 1.9 TWh in the same week last year.rnAt 37.7% of the maximum reservoir capacity of 3.59 TW,rnFrench hydro levels were well down on levels seen over thernpast 10 years for this period. Between 1997 and 2006,rnstocks averaged 62% of the total during week 3, RTE’srnarchives showed