The French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition (MEIT) has issued two decrees implementing the Multi-annual Energy Plan to 2028 (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie, PPE) and the National Low Carbon Strategy, which were first released in January 2019. The parliament adopted the French Strategy for Energy and Climate (Energy-Climate Act), which is based on these two policies, in September 2019.
The French Strategy for Energy and Climate aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. It targets a 16.5% cut in final energy consumption by 2028 (compared to 2012), a 40% reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels by 2030 – instead of the 30% target set in the Energy Transition Act (Loi de transition énergétique, 2015) – and the closure of the last coal-fired power plant by 2022.
Furthermore, the share of nuclear in the power mix will be brought to under 50% by 2035, instead of 2025; 14 of the existing 58 nuclear reactors will be shut down by 2035. The renewable power generation capacity should be doubled by 2028 compared to 2017 and the share of renewables in the final energy consumption should be raised to 33% by 2030.
Other major targets are envisioned such as the complete elimination of the use of gasoline and diesel cars by 2040, the renovation of all low-insulation houses within 10 years (building sector) and the use of green hydrogen in the consumption of hydrogen by industries (20% to 40% of total gas consumption in industry by 2028).
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