Following the first oil crisis, France launched the world’s largest ever nuclear energy program, commissioning 58 new reactors. These reactors are now reaching 40 years of age, the end of their technological lifetime. This places France at an energy policy crossroads: should the reactors be...

Load frequency control or automatic generation control is one of the main operations that take place daily when considering a modern power system or not. The objectives of load frequency control are to maintain power balance between interconnected areas and to control the power flow in the...