ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

4.2.2 FRANCE

The legal perspective In France the framework is set by a 2015 law on Energy transition towards a sustainable growth . This text defines binding targets such as: \\ reducing the share of nuclear production down to 50% by 2025 \\ reducing final energy consumption of fossil fuels by 30% by 2030 \\ reaching a 23% share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption by 2020, and 32% by 2030 (this target is broken down by energy: biomethane should represent 10% of gas consumption by 2030) It should be noted that natural gas is recognised as producing the lowest levels of CO ² emissions among fossil fuels under equivalent use. It comes with two associat- ed tools: The last replaces all former energy-specific programs in order to ensure a cross-energy consistency and it tackles each sector (production, consumption, network) and dimen- sion (security of supply, emission reduction, competitiveness). The first program covers the 2016–2018 and 2019–2023 periods with binding targets for 2023. The initial multi-annual programs Considering the overall uncertainty about the future energy mix, 2023 targets take the form of ranges compared to the situation in 2012: \\ a final energy consumption decreasing by 3.1% to 12.6% through further energy efficiency \\ an accelerated decrease of fossil fuel consumption based on their emission factor as a result from the willingness to move away from them: \\ the low-carbon national strategy describing processes and tools \\ the multi-annual program for energy defining intermediate targets

REDUCTION TARGET FOR FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION BY 2023, COMPARED TO 2012, FRANCE

Source

2023 LOW SCENARIO

2023 HIGH SCENARIO

COAL

−37%

−30%

OIL

−23%

−9.5%

NATURAL GAS

−16%

−9%

Table 4.1: Reduction target for fossil fuel consumption by 2023, compared to 2012, France (Source: Decree n°2016-1442, October 27, 2016 on Multiannual Program for energy)

\\ a further development of RES amounting for 24.9% of the primary energy mix \\ the production of 8TWh of biogas facilitated by national tenders and an easier access to grid injection for biomethane \\ a bio-CNG production reaching 2TWh (20% of CNG consumption) through supporting scheme aiming at complementing electrical vehicles Beyond these quantitative targets, there will be no development of new coal power plants (except if equipped with CCS) while the running hours of existing ones will go decreasing in anticipation of the coal phasing-out around 2023. Regarding natural gas, the program focuses on security of supply with the possible revision of existing standards after 2018 while an underground gas storage strategy and demand-side management (200GWh/d) will be developed. It also maintains the ban on hydraulic fracking and asks suppliers transparency on natural gas origin. From a financing perspective the plan anticipates around 10 billion € of public spending on the 2016 – 2023 period. It also calls for scrutiny of the cost-benefit ration of any new interconnection project in gas.

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