France Bans Gas Heaters in New Buildings to Accelerate Clean Energy Shift
Paris, Saturday, 11 April 2026.
France will ban gas boilers in new buildings by 2027, doubling annual electrification funding to €10 billion by reallocating existing budgets to install one million heat pumps yearly.
A Strategic Shift Away from Fossil Fuels
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu unveiled the government’s sweeping electrification roadmap on Friday, April 10, 2026, officially expanding the prohibition of gas heating systems to all new multi-unit residential and commercial constructions by the end of 2026 [1][2][4]. While a ban on gas boilers in new individual homes has been active since 2022 [7], this new measure aggressively targets collective housing and tertiary buildings like offices and warehouses [1][4]. The policy is designed to drastically reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels, which currently account for 60% of France’s final energy consumption [1][6][7].
Reallocating Capital for the Heat Pump Revolution
To finance this transition, the government will double its annual electrification support from €5.5 billion to €10 billion by 2030 [1][3], representing an 81.818% increase in funding. Crucially, Lecornu emphasized that this €4.5 billion expansion will not rely on newly minted public debt, a necessary constraint given the executive branch’s goal to contain the national deficit to 5% of GDP [4]. Instead, the capital will be sourced from reduced energy expenditures and a strategic reallocation of existing public and private subsidies [1][3][4].