Germany hopes for heat pump boom amid Iran war
Key takeaways
- The war in the Middle East is threatening fossil fuel supplies.
- The original law stipulated that all newly installed heating systems must run on at least 65% of renewable energy, with the requirement due to apply to all new heating installations in the coming years.
- Under the new proposals, however, oil and gas heating systems with significantly lower shares of climate-friendly gases would still be allowed in existing buildings for a longer period.
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The war in the Middle East is threatening fossil fuel supplies. Fuel and gas prices are rising in Germany — could that drive a surge in demand for heat pumps?
https://p.dw.com/p/5ENsp The German government hopes that new legislation will encourage households to buy heat pumps Image: Vaillant/BWPAdvertisement Germany's coalition government of Christian Democrats (CDU) and Social Democrats (SPD) is seeking to overturn the central provision of the heating law introduced by the previous administration.
The original law stipulated that all newly installed heating systems must run on at least 65% of renewable energy, with the requirement due to apply to all new heating installations in the coming years.