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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.

info.gouv.fr

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MarjorieR 1d ago

@burger_jaap meanwhile, here in the UK, I can't get anywhere on our local roads here in South Devon because the gas companies are wasting our money digging the roads up to replace the gas mains with new plastic pipes.

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MidgePhoto 1d ago

@marjolica @burger_jaap
There were mutterings about Hydrogen, which I might believe as a small % addition from entirely surplus electricity, but isn't a methane replacement; but I think the truth is much of our gas grid piping was too old, and would start leaking and blowing things up if left.

And the elimination of domestic gas is not yet accomplished.

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MarjorieR 1d ago

@Photo55 @burger_jaap if we ever get to the stage of having a surplus of non-storeable renewable electricity that we might turn into hydrogen there are far more effective industrial uses for such hydrogen, replacing methane, than trying to pipe it to consumers. Heat pumps are a far more energy efficient way of heating homes than turning electricity into hydrogen and the burning it.

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MidgePhoto

@marjolica @burger_jaap
Tend to agree, although I have been tempted to put a bell jar in a bowl and see what I can do with the result.
Our systems evolve, so we have periods where what would not be efficiently done in a well-designed system nevertheless make some sense for a while, as an extra or a transition, or even a demo.

I do wonder if we could do something with surplus power in Scotland, that can't be got down the wires at the time. Yes, batteries, more wires, eventually.