2023-06-05 20:45:00
Until July 28, a consultation is launched with elected officials and professionals who are in favor of the measure.
By Le Figaro with AFP
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Ban the gas boilers ? The French government is launching a consultation until July 28 with elected officials and professionals planning to ban the installation of new gas boilers, the Ministry of Energy Transition said on Monday evening. A ban on the installation of gas boilersis one of the possibilities for consultation, it is on this subject that we consult the sectors“, we indicated to the office of the Minister for Energy Transition on Monday, specifying nevertheless that it would not be a question”no obligation to replace» and that the evolution would be «very progressive».
The consultation, announced last week before the Senate by the Minister for Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher, is part of ecological planning“ launched by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, the same source said. It must allow secure the achievement of the country’s climate commitments by 2030 “in particular trying to find out how» speed up the dynamics of removing fossil fuel boilers (fuel and gas) «in buildings, in the tertiary sector and in the residential sector, mainly to replace them with heat pumps.»
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CO2 emissions from the building sector in France amounted to 75 million tonnes in 2021 and will have to drop by around 45 Mt to reach 30 Mt in 2030: “This involves drastically reducing emissions related to fuel oil and gas by accelerating the replacement of gas-fired boilers and the insulation of housing“, adds the government. In addition to the boilers, the consultation will also focus on the measures to be put in place more broadly to achieve the decarbonization of the building (insulation in particular): incentive, accompanying or binding measures?
Currently, the use of buildings – excluding construction – represents 18% of greenhouse gas emissions in France, and 60% of this total comes from gas heating, adds the Ministry of Energy Transition. According to statistics from the Center for Economic Studies and Research on Energy (Ceren), 11.2 million main residences used natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas for heating in France in 2021 (collective or individual).
End of aid from Ma Prime Renov’
Some 2.7 million main residences were heated with domestic fuel oil and 11.2 million with electricity (including 2.3 million with heat pumps). 3.1 million main dwellings were heated with wood and 1.5 million with district heating. The Ma Prime Renov’ system set up to help finance energy renovation work, especially for the most modest households, has already put an end to aid for the installation of gas boilers, including the most modern ones which recycle their exhaust gas.
A meeting is scheduled next week between Ms. Pannier-Runacher, the Minister for Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu, the Minister in charge of the City and Housing Olivier Klein with the heads of the sectors, industrialists, manufacturers, installers, building and construction professionals. maintenance, associations of consumers, owners, tenants, communities, and associations for the defense of the environment.
According to France Gaz, some 130,000 people in France work in the sector, including 38 to 45,000 for gas boiler equipment and service. 16,000 installers have been identified, a certain number of whom are in the process of training on electric heat pumps which emit less CO2 than fossil boilers. “The results of the consultation will feed into future legislation“, we say to the ministry, in particular the finance bill voted in the fall for 2024.
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