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COMMISSION Brussels,
OFTHE 10September1982
EUROPEANCOMMUNITIES FOROFFICIALUSEONLY
GeneralSecretariat
COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
RequestforCouncilapprovalunderArticle54,second
paragraph,oftheECSCTreatytothefinancingofthe
construction byElectricité deFrance,oftwocoal-
firedthermalpowerstations,situatedatLeHavre
andCordemaisrespectively
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COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Subject:RequestforCouncilapprovalunderArticle54,secondparagraph
ofthei^CSCTreatytothefinancingoftheconstructionbyElectricitydePrance,oftwocoal-firedthermalpowerstations,situatedatLeHavreandCordemaisrespectively,
ElectncitedePrance(EDF)hassubmittedtotheCommissionoftheEuropean
Communitiesanapplicationforalong–termloanofPF1400million
(+214millionECU)forthefinancingoftheabove-mentioned project.
TheBorrower:ElectricitédeFrance,Paris(EDF)
ShareCapital;FF2589million
Electricite deFranceisanationalindustrialandcommer­
cialutilitywithlegalstatus.ItissubjecttocloseStatecontrol,
EDPhasaquasi-nonopoly qntheproductionand.distributionofelectricity
inPrance,InI98OEDFproduced211,400millionkllh,excludingoutputbysubsidiaries.Thisfigurerepresents86'Joofthenational ,electricity
production.About36*8JofEDPoutputwasofconventionalthermalorigin,
/26.1j0ofhydraulicoriginandabout22.7%ofnuclearorigin.
AttheendofI98OthegeneratingcapacityofEDPwasabout36000M7!
inconventionalthermalandnuclearplait,whileatthesamedatethenominal
capacityofitshydraulicplantv;acabout17900'I.I!',
Descriptionoftheproiect
1,Generalfeatures
In197S,aspartofaplantodiversifyenergysupplyinPrance,adeci­
sionwastakentosupplementthenuclearprogrammewithanumberof
conventional coal–firedthermalunitsof600II!'.
TwounitshavebeenundertakenbyCharbonnages doFranco,atCarling
inLorraineandatGardanneinProvence.EDFhasdecidedtoconstruct
threeunits,oneatLeHavreandtheothertwoatCordemaisontheLoire
estuary(units4andlj).Theseunitsareadditionstoexistingpower
stations,makingitpossibletoreducecompletiontimes.

Thesecoal-firedunitshavethefollowinggeneraloojectives :
-toincreaseproductioncapacityforcoal-firedelectricity bjrsettingup
powerstationsclosetothesourcesofsupply,
_-t0avoidariskofimbalance "betweenelectricityproductionandconsumption
inthemid–eightiesduringthetransitionalperiodwhilenuclearpower
stationsare"beingconstructed ,
-tohelptheregionalproduction–consumption "balanceintheI'estofPrance,
inviewofthedelayinbringingnuclearplantintooperationinUri'ctany
andintheLoire-,Atlantiquc Region.
Itshould "benotedthatthepresentfinanceplancoversonlytwounits
(LeHavreandCordemais4)«
Operatingcharacteristics
-Averagetimeinopration 6,700hours/year
-Energyproductioncorresponding totheaboveduration, 3»9Twh/year
-Averageannualfuelconsumptionforanoperatingtimeof6,700hours 1,400,000t/year
c
LeHavrepowerstation
AtpresenttheLeHavrePowerStationhasthreeunitsinoperation:
.one250I?.Junit,whichbecameoperationalini960,islinkedtothe^
225kVgrid.Itcanfireeitherpulverizedcoalorn°2fueloil,with
'•facilitiesformixedfiring*.
.one600I#runit,whichbecameoperationalin1973,linkedtothe400kV
grid,operatingsolelywithfuel.oil.
Thenewunitunderconstructionwill'.usetheexistingQoaldepotofan
areaofabout7hectares,whichhasamaximumcapacityofabout400,000tonnes.
Asforthefirstthreeunits,coolingwillbebythecirculationofsea-waterinthecondenser.Thewaterintakeanddischargestructureswereconstructea
attheoutsetoftheprojectin19^7soasnoi;"todisturbportxacilioits
whenextendingthepowerstation(containerwharf,railwaysidings,etc.;.
Theenergyisdistributedonthenationalgriuao400--V.
Cordemaispowerstation
ThepresentpowerstationatCordemais,ontherightban,:o.,.toeLoire
estuary,wasconstructedintwostages,comprising:
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.one600MITunitwhichbecameoperationalin1970,
.two700I'F.'unitswhichbecameoperationalin1976.
Heavyfueloilonlyisused.
Thecurrentextensioninvolvestwo600IF.Junitsusingonlycoal.It
requiresthecreationofacoalstoragedepotwithacapacityof600,000t
andtheappropriateinstallations forunloadingthecoalandremoving
itfromthedepot.Thepowerwillbodistributedonthe22}):Vregional
grid.CoolingisbywaterfromtheLoireinopencircuit.
Construction programme
Year
LeHavre4'979
Cordemais41979
Cordemais51980Connection to
thegria
October1982
July1983
July1984Startoflull–
scaleoperation
January1983
October1984
OctoberI984 ■
Capitalexpenditure andfinancingplan
Capitalexpenditurefortheentireprogrammeunderconstructiontotals
FF6,025million(atcurrentprices),spreadovertheperiod1978~-19&5«
Expenditure onthetwounitswhicharethesubjectofthepresentfinancing
planisPP.3,900million(atcurrentprices).
Financingisplannedonthebasisofonethirdfromownresources,two
thirdsfromborrowedfunds,i.e.PP2,600million,
FF1,8(50millionhasbeen,spentat.theendof1981.
Thebalanceoftheinvestments ,i.e.PP2,100million,isdividedup
asfollows(PP'000000atcurrentprice):
1982198319841985TOTAL
1,101'622321342,078
Economicassessment
Inviewoftheforeseeabletrendindemandforelectricityancthedelay
inthecompletionofcertainnuclearpowerstations,theconstruction oi
medium–sized,thermalpowerstationscanbees:.:enascomplementary tothe
overallelectricityproductionsystemintheCommunity.Tnopowerstations
constructedby'.GDPatLeHavreandatCordenaisareastoptowardsachie­
vingthisgeneralobjective.
Owinr*totheirlocationontheAtlanticcoast,tnesepowerstations./ould
inprincipleoperateusingnon-Cpmmunit.ycoal.However,inconnectionwiththeconstructionofthesepowerstations,EDFhasundertakentoreadjust
thebalanceinitssuppliesinfavourofCommunitycoal,wnichwill^
henceforthrepresentasubstantiallygreatershareoftotalconsumption.
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ThefavourableimpactontheCommunity "balanceofpaymentscomparedto
conventional oil~firedunitsofthesamecapacitywillbeaboutFF
700millionperyear(at1981prices).
Conclusion
Weaccordinglyfeelwecanmakeafavorableassessmentoftheloanapplica­
tion,sinceinadditiontotheaboveconsiderations theinvestment
programmealsocontributesdirectlyandprima,iilytoachievingtheobjective
outlinedinArticle54»secondparagraph ,oftheECSCtreaty.
TheCommissionhasdecidedinprincipleinfavouroftheloanrequestedfor
LeHavreandCordemaispowerstations.Inconsequence ,pursuantto
Article54»secondparagraphoftheECSCTreaty,itrequeststheassent
oftheCounciltothegrantingofaloanofFF1400(+214millionECU)
toElectricite deFrance,Paris.
Note
*
Electricite deFrancehasalreadyreceivedaloanof.FF505millionunder
theEuratomarrangements .
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