Jaap Burger23h ago

The French government has announced the measures of its plan to accelerate electrification:

- a ban on gas boilers in new houses from the end of 2026
- increased support for replacing old heating with heat pumps
- 100 regions will pilot comprehensive heat transition plans to phase out gas by 2030

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https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/electrification-les-mesures-annoncees-par-le-gouvernement

Électrification : les mesures annoncées par le Gouvernement | info.gouv.fr

VIDÉO. Leasing social, pompes à chaleur, voitures électriques… : la France accélère son électrification pour réduire sa dépendance au gaz et au pétrole et renforcer sa souveraineté. Le soutien à l’électrification atteindra 10 milliards d’euros en 2030.

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Show threadChantaru17h ago
@burger_jaap I am shocked anyone would consider installing a gas boiler in 2026. Especially considering the mild French winters and that heat pumps also supply a/c.
Show threadPete / Syllopsium16h ago

@chantaryu2 @burger_jaap It is different in the UK. Electricity is expensive, and the government are currently unwilling to decouple it from (effectively) gas prices.

Plenty of houses where they don't have the insulation to support a heat pump.

Also, the last time I looked the government grants didn't allow for heat pumps with a/c functionality.

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@syllopsium @chantaryu2 @burger_jaap
The ban on cooling is daft.
But a heat pump works as well as any heat source into a poorly-insulated room. (Expensively)

My recipe would involve air to air heat-pumping into one room, with insulation in that one room, leave out the water heating since that is easily accomplished, and add a bit of insulation to that room.
3 days and rising per year, run it as a cooler.

So one room as a refuge.

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