2023-09-18 18:31:45
Is this the big measure that the President of the Republic wanted to announce on the occasion of the presentation of ecological planning on September 25? According to our information, the government is preparing to announce the creation of a large sector of heat pumps made in France, which will make it possible to build 1 million heat pumps per year by 2030.
A round figure which has the merit of not opposing the objective of decarbonization of heat networks – whether they diffuse heat via air or water, heat pumps run on electricity – with that of reindustrialization from France.
Decarbonization of buildings
The Élysée and Matignon, who did not wish to comment on the information, are currently refusing to reveal the details of the system. Will subsidies be given to manufacturers? Will the government finance an installation bonus only for heat pumps produced in France? Or will it condition existing devices (MaprimRenov’) to the country of manufacture of these machines?
What is certain is that French heat pump manufacturers fear that the objectives of decarbonization of buildings (removal of 75% of oil boilers and 20% of gas boilers by 2030, according to the sheet ecological planning route) do not favor Chinese manufacturers. Just like what happened in the photovoltaic sector, or what car manufacturers fear today with the rise of electric vehicles.
A growing market
To get around this pitfall, the government has decided to make the allocation of the bonus for electric vehicles conditional on an environmental score, which will make it possible to count the car’s emissions during the production phase. A way to exclude Chinese electric vehicles from the system, without attracting the wrath of Brussels.
In 2021, there were 2.3 million heat pumps installed in French homes (i.e. 7.7% of the overall stock). But the market has been growing steadily for several years. According to Bercy, the annual market for air-water heat pumps should increase from 350,000 to 1 million in the coming years.
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