A power shortfall in France will put pressure on UK energy supplies, contribute to higher prices and leave the UK with less say over its own energy production, according to UK energy consultancy McKinnon & Clarke Energy Group.

“At a time when the UK is facing its own looming energy gap, the news that our neighbours across the channel are likely to demand imported power from us is likely to both drive up peak prices and tighten our own supply margins further,” says David Hunter, energy analyst at