Thomas Chemel

Thomas Chemel

Reporter, Energy

After studying geology, I transitioned to journalism in 2014. After completing my first year at the Advanced Institute of Communication, Press and Audiovisual Studies in Paris, I joined the Journalist Training Centre (CFPJ) on a work-study programme with an independent editorial, where I focused on consumer, legal and tax issues. I then became responsible for the finance section of the news site Linternaute. In 2018, I joined Capital magazine’s editorial team, where I first covered real estate news before focusing on housing policy and the energy transition, online and in print. In September 2022, I became the real estate and energy section editor. I’ve been a full-time journalist in Contexte Paris’s “Énergie” section since January 2023.

tchemel@contexte.com

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Their articles

The Franco-German motor needs some gas (and some nuclear) The Franco-German motor needs some gas (and some nuclear)
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The Franco-German motor needs some gas (and some nuclear)

Over the summer, a joint summit of Franco-German leaders suggested they were trying to repair long-standing divisions over the role of nuclear energy. Yet just months after the deal, confusion reigns: Paris boasts about a “historic” agreement in favour of low-carbon energy, while Berlin is walking on eggshells. Political turbulence in Paris, and the need for Germany to gain support for its own gas-powered plans, are only making the situation more complex.
Energy policy
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Nuclear power
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Natural gas
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Fossil fuels
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Renewables
Dukovany: How a Czech nuclear plant sparked a diplomatic incident Dukovany: How a Czech nuclear plant sparked a diplomatic incident
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Dukovany: How a Czech nuclear plant sparked a diplomatic incident

A multi-billion-euro deal to build two nuclear reactors in southern Czechia, frozen by a Brno court after South Korea’s KHNP outbid EDF, is having significant political consequences. Czech ministers have accused the French state-owned energy company of meddling in their domestic politics in an election year; the involvement as an EU arbiter of Stéphane Séjourné, France’s commissioner in Brussels, has obliged him to deny accusations of national bias. The prospect of an escalating row with Prague has led even some officials in Paris to think the affair might have gone too far, and that EDF might end up being asked to rein itself in.
Nuclear power
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Competition - Energy
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Energy markets
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EU single market
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Energy companies
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European Commission
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Industrial policy
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