US EditionFrance to speed up electrification to cut oil, gas reliance
EDF will fund heat-pump grants, truck charging stations and industrial grid links as France seeks to cut dependence on fossil fuels.
- France aims to replace 20% of its annual gas import bill with domestic power by 2030, installing an extra million heat pumps a year and blocking new gas boilers in newly constructed buildings from next year.
- By 2050, 2 million units of social housing will be off gas heating, and two out of three new vehicles will be electric by 2030 with a social leasing program for 100,000 EVs for low-income drivers.
- Up to 100,000 euros per vehicle will be available for electric utility vehicles and trucks, as the CEO of the EDF Group says €240 million will be committed to accelerate the electrification of uses to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
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To replace oil and gas with electricity is the ambition of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who announced on Friday April 10th a new plan to "get out of the dependency on fossil fuels", he says. The government wants in particular to encourage the big drivers, hard hit by the rise in fuel prices, to buy an electric vehicle. What is the amount of aid? Who is concerned?
On Friday, April 10, the Prime Minister unveiled the government's plan to electrify housing and mobility practices. Few new measures and even fewer new ways to achieve the stated objectives. To move away from dependence on fossil fuels is yet a major issue of sovereignty.
Sébastien Lecornu presented on Friday the first measures aimed at "accelerating" electrification in transport and housing in order to less depend on gas or oil.
France doubles electrification aid to cut fossil fuel dependency
France will double state support to 10 billion euros ($12 billion) a year through to 2030 to help its switch to electricity from oil and gas and their derivative fuels, its Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Friday.
End of gas boilers in new housing, modified "leasing" offers, aid to artisans and SMEs... On Friday the Prime Minister delivered his objectives in response to the surge in costs at the pump. Modest measures, plus the desire to replace oil with electricity, are added.
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