Country Report 2021 - FranceMichèle MONDOT (CETIAT)The HPT TCP is part of a network of autonomous collaborative partnerships focused on a wide range of energy technologies known as Technology Collaboration
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2021-09-07

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Market Data 2020
• The French HP market is the 1st one in Europe– More than 1 million units sold• 178 000 air-to-water and water(brine)-to-waterHPs

Air-to-water HPs:
refrigerant share– most of them providing SH + DHW• 110 320 Heat pump water heaters• 812 400 reversible air-to-air units but mainly
used for space heating– Capacity range : 0-20 kW• 2% up to 50 kW
Source of data: UNICLIMA

Air-to-air units :R32 share

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Market Data 2020 – Building and equipement stock

Challenges :Residential
sectorTertiary
sector

Source : Report ADEME RTE 2020Deployment
in existingbuildings
Deployment
in both newand existingbuildings
Deployment
in existingbuildings

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Policy – Financial Incentives• New buildings:– No subsidies for HPs• Renovated buildings:– MaPrimeRenov : public incentives for building envelop and/or equipement• Direct subsidies for installation of HPs– Coup de pouce (Energy Saving Certificate)• Replacement of a non-condensing fossil fuel boiler• Both incentives can be added up and total amount related to incomes– Up to 90% of investment for low-income families
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Policy – European Regulations• F-Gas regulation n° 517/2014– Limitation of placing HFCs on the market– Prohibition in some applications• January 1st, 2025: split AC/HP with less than 3 kg of refrigerant and GWP > 750• Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations– Space heaters and combination heaters < 400 kW– Water heaters < 400 kW– Air-to-air heat pumps and air conditioners ≤ 12 kW– Condensing units and process chillers (no label)– Chillers and large air conditioning/heating units (no label)

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Policy – French Regulations• Implementation of the European Directive on Energy
Performance of buildings– RT2012  RE2020 : Energy performance of new buildings• Total primary energy consumption of the building (kWh/m²/year)– RT2012: min. 5 kWh/m²/year of RES in single housing• RE2020 : summer comfort• RE2020 : CO2 emissions of the building over 50 years
 The RE2020 regulation aims at restricting the use of fossil fuel and directelectricity heaters and at supporting HP penetration deployment– Inspection of AC/HP installations above 70 kW

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Policy – French Regulations• Acoustic regulations– NRA : limiting the sound pressure of the equipment inside a room
– Neighborhood noise regulation : night / day emergence: 3 / 5 dB(A)• Quality of HP installations– Certification of installers (RGE)  mandatory for getting subsidies– Certification of heat pumps (NF PAC, ECP, HP Keymark)– Servicing and maintenance: mandatory for units between 4 and 70 kW
 Certification + regular servicing will ensure performance, quality andreliability of the HP over its operation life
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Key Actors
ADEME
Agency for Ecological Transition• Public agency under the joint authority of theMinistry for an Ecological Transition and theMinistry for Higher Education, Research andInnovation• Mobilises citizens, economic actors andterritories towards a fairer, more harmonious,
low carbon and resource-efficient society (energy,circular economy, food, mobility, air quality,adaptation to climate change, soils, etc.)• Advises, facilitates and helps finance many
projects, from research to solutions sharing
www.ademe.fr

UNICLIMA
National Association for heating, cooling andventilation industry• Represents 90% of the AC/HP industry in France• Collects market data
• Key actor for discussions with the French Government
and policy makers at national and European level (FGas, ErP, EPBD, RES, refrigerant taxation, ..)www.uniclima.fr

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Key Actors
AFPAC
French Association for Heat Pumps• Since 2002
• 60 members: manufacturers, design offices andplanners, energy experts and suppliers, tradeassociations, test institutes and certification, etc.
• Promotes the fair and sustainable development
and deployment of all HP technologies withrespect of a good quality of installation inresidential and tertiary sectors• Develops the coordination and facilitation ofscientific and technical exchanges between thedifferent members• Dissemination of recommendations : guidelines,documents, tools, workshops, webinars, …
www.afpac.org

AFPG
French Association for Geothermal Energy• Since 2010
• 100 members: drillers, HPs manufacturers and installers,
DHC managers, planners, etc.
• Promotes the development and deployment of both
deep and surface geothermal energy (e.g. with HPs)
• Carries out communication and awareness actions toinform communities, manufacturers and individuals ofthe resources and the diversity of the geothermal
supply• Supports the public authorities in matters of regulationwww.afpg.asso.fr

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Key Actors
CETIAT
Technical Centre for HVAC Industry

INPAC
National Institute for Heat Pumps• Pre-competitive research studies for the French
manufacturers• Follow-up of standardisation, certification andregulation activities• Support to industry innovation: testing,modelling/simulation, studies for developmentof products/systems• Networking of R&D actors: BRGM, CEA, CETIAT, CSTB,EDF, ENGIE, Mines ParisTech• Exchange of information among partners for building
collaborative projects• Organisation of the French Congress of Heat Pumps

www.cetiat.fr

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Research Activities - CETIATCollaborative R&D projects for HVAC industry• Low GWP refrigerants: participation to Annex 54• Acoustic of heat pumps : participation to Annex 51• Technical and economic analysis of a HP + PV system for space heating, coolingand DHW• Test methods for heat pumps : pre-normative work
• Calculation of energy consumption of HP equipment in building energy
performance using Ecodesign data
• Modelling and simulation of HVAC systems (Modelica)• Technology survey
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Research Activities – BRGM Projects• GEOCOOLVERT
Design of ground heat exchangers for geocooling (i.e. passive cooling) andoptimization of the integration of geocooling into HVAC systems. Systemmodelling (in Modelica), building monitoring and lab testing in BRGM
• HEATSTORE
Design and optimization of a Borehole Thermal Energy System coupled toThermal Solar Collectors. Demonstration of how the HP can greatly
increase the amount of heat retrieved from the ground and from the solartank. Detailed modelling in TRNSYS
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Research Activities - CEA
CEA develops and integrates heat pumps with industrial partners directly and in theframework of collaborative projects.
• Integration of HPs in district heating networks, including high temperature HPs• Coupling of HPs with solar thermal and heat storage, residential and industrialapplications.
• Development of HPs with natural fluids• Integration of HPs in industrial processes, up to 110°C• Full development of a range of absorption chillers• Modelling and advanced tests for gas powered HPs and heat pump water heaters
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Research Activities – CEA Projects• FriendSHIP project (Europe, H2020 Framework)
Optimization of heat transfer coefficients; coupling and reliability ofdifferent solar technologies; introduction of high-temperature heat pumps;
combined heat storage bringing flexibility on both solar and process loops
with guarantees of continuous operation as well as plug-and-play
integration; thermal chillers for cooling demand;• Sunhorizon project (Europe, H2020 Framework)
Testing sun coupled heat pumps all around Europe, 8 Residential and nonresidential buildings where to test Sunhorizon Technology Packages. Thisincludes a gas powered HP, an adsorption chiller, and an electrical HP
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Research Activities - EDF

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Research Activities - ENGIE• ENGIE is working on gas absorption, thermal compression and gas engine
driven heat pump systems and hybrid heat pumps for the residential andtertiary sectors• The work carried out is focusing on dynamic simulations, laboratory
tests and field tests• All developments are based on the use of green gases (mixture of naturalgas, hydrogen, biogas and hydrogen)www.heatpumpingtechnologies.orgResearch Activities – Others• On-site monitoring of air-to-water HPs in large multifamily and tertiarybuildings (launched by ADEME)– 20 sites: 8 elec HPs in large multifamily buildings / 9 elec HPs intertiary buildings / 3 gas powered HPs– Heating season 2021/2022• Call for projects to be launched by French Government in October 2021
to subsidize– The development of innovative technologies– The deployment of manufacturing plants

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National Roadmap for HP Technologies• Workshops in 1st half of 2021 organised by ADEME andUNICLIMA to establish a roadmap with the following 2030 vision• The heat pumping technology is establishing itself as a leader
in the French market for heating, cooling and DHW equipment
in residential and tertiary sectors• Its low carbon positioning and energy performance are both an
economic asset and a strong contribution to the objectives ofthe Paris Climate Agreements
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National Roadmap for HP Technologies
27 actions for R&D were identified and prioritized  “Top 8”• HPs with low GWP refrigerants– Environmental aspects, safety of use and performance• Smart HPs– Coupling to grid, fault detection and predictive maintenance, connectedHPs• HPs for large multifamily buildings• Hybrid systems– Integration of RES, waste heatwww.heatpumpingtechnologies.org

National Roadmap for HP Technologies• Replacement of electrical heaters and fossil fuel heaters– Focus on electrical heaters• Optimization– Performance and components, acoustics, cost, circular economy, …
• Thermal storage• Multifunctions– Integration of ventilation function into HPs
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Major events on HPs in France• Heat Pump Day (JPAC)– Once every two years organised by AFPAC• The French Congress of HPs organised by INPAC– 7 editions since 2011
• Interclima– Exhibition organised by UNICLIMA for HVAC manufacturers– Including conferences and workshops
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Thank you for your attention!
The HPT TCP is part of a network of autonomous collaborative partnerships focused on a wide range of energy technologies known as Technology Collaboration
Programmes or TCPs. The TCPs are organised under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA), but the TCPs are functionally and legally autonomous.
Views, findings and publications of the HPT TCP do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the IEA Secretariat or its individual member countries.

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