Status: 03/03/2023 14:06
Heat pumps are growing as an environmentally friendly energy source. That’s why production has recently increased significantly. Costs for specialized trades in heating installations have increased.
Demand for heat pumps as an alternative to oil or gas heating is still high. In 2021, heat pumps were used as the primary energy source for heating in around half (50.6%) of new residential buildings. This is the result of figures from the Federal Statistical Office. In 2016, the proportion was just under a third. Heat pumps are used in detached and semi-detached houses, less so in apartment buildings.
Consequently, production has increased significantly recently: in the first three quarters of 2022, almost 243,200 heat pumps were produced in Germany, almost half (48.9%) more than in the same period of the previous year.
Export to Switzerland, import from Poland
Imports – mainly from Sweden, Poland and France – also increased sharply, 26.5 percent compared to the previous year to a value of around 738 million euros in 2022.
However, German manufacturers also exported many heat pumps, especially to Switzerland, Austria and Poland. The value of exports increased by around 35 percent compared to the previous year to almost 770 million euros in 2022.
Habeck wants to ban oil and gas heating
Heat pumps use ambient heat from air, water or soil to heat buildings. If sustainably generated electricity is used in the process, there will be no environmental pollution from CO2 emissions.
Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck is promoting the use of heat pumps to meet climate targets in the building sector. A component of this project is also the bill that the Federal Ministries of Economy and Construction are working on: It provides for a ban on the installation of new gas and oil heating systems from 2024 onwards. pending.