Heat Pumps

Europe leads heat pump sales in 2022

Europe saw a 41% growth in heat pump sales for 2022, compared with 22% the year before, according to the…

Opinion: let’s make clean heating a reality for low-income households

The cost of heating leaves many European households feeling burnt. Three-quarters of our heat is still supplied by expensive fossil…

Weekly data: One-third of UK funding for heat pumps and insulation is unspent

More than £2bn ($2.39bn) of funding committed to energy efficiency and decarbonising heat, or home retrofits, has not yet been…

Rapid industrial electrification could avoid EU gas rationing

EU countries are diligently preparing plans for gas rationing in accordance with an EU regulation adopted in July. In these…

As gas heating prices rise, a rush for plug-in heaters could cause blackouts in Germany

Earlier this month, when Germany announced its new levy on natural gas of 2.4 euro cents per kilowatt-hour, stores braced…

Viessmann to open €200m heat pump facility in Poland

The Viessmann Group, a German manufacturer of heating and refrigeration systems, is building a €200m heat pump production site in…

Europe: What about cooling?

Temperatures have hit record highs across the European continent as the EU wraps up its work before the summer break.…

Weekly data: France is the biggest market for heat pumps in Europe

France is Europe’s leading market for heat pump sales, with close to 400,000 units sold in 2020, according to Energy…

Ditching gas boilers for heat pumps will take EU “well beyond next winter” 

As part of its REPowerEU proposal to end Russian fossil fuel imports, the European Commission announced an increase in its…

Market design matters in the REPowerEU push to electrify

REPowerEU is poised to propel member states rapidly and resolutely towards greater energy security through measures that include an intensified…