The following is the latest clean energy heating information for foreign countries in 2024:
Germany
Policy promotion: The Building Energy Law, which will be implemented from January 1, 2024, stipulates that newly installed heating systems must be based on at least 65% renewable energy or waste heat, and oil and gas heating will be completely banned by 2045. The government also provides subsidies for renewable energy heating systems through the “German Federal Energy Efficient Building Funding Program”, such as a basic subsidy rate of 30%, a 5% energy efficiency subsidy for using high-efficiency heat pump systems, and a one-time subsidy of 2500 euros for low emission biomass heating systems, with a maximum subsidy of 70%
Market demand: The demand for heat pumps in the German market is expected to surge, and the government plans to install 500000 new heat pumps annually starting from 2024, with the market holding 6 million units by 2030. Chinese heat pump companies are expected to usher in new opportunities, as the German Heat Pump Industry Association estimates that the country will install 230000 new heat pumps in 2022 and 350000 in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 52%. However, its current annual production capacity in the industry is only 150000 units, and the waiting time for product delivery is long.
Austria
Development of biomass heating: Forest resources are abundant, and the utilization of biomass energy has a long history. After the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in order to reduce dependence on Russian natural gas, the proportion of biomass energy in the energy structure has increased. Biomass solid fuels are mainly composed of firewood, wood chips, and pellet fuels, with advanced furnace technology and mature supporting industries. Polytechnik’s large biomass boiler has a thermal efficiency of 90% -92%, while KWB’s small biomass boiler has a thermal efficiency of 94%. Its latest product has nitrogen oxide emissions as low as 90mg/m ³
Policy support: The government has introduced subsidy policies, providing a 75% subsidy for the investment in complete equipment for users who convert fossil fuels to biomass
Russia
Winter is long and cold, with a heating period of up to 7 months. It is mostly a combination of centralized heating and diversified heating methods. Due to abundant electricity resources, electric heaters and wall mounted boiler type electric heaters are widely used. Diversified heating methods such as heat pump air conditioning and underfloor heating are also adopted in large and medium-sized cities
Other European countries
Overall situation: According to the International Energy Agency’s 2024 World Energy Outlook, heat pumps have become a key path to achieving climate goals. Although global heat pump sales will decline by 3% in 2023, China will rise by 12% against the trend, and it is predicted that heat pump sales will increase significantly in the future
• Insufficient policies: The support for clean energy heating by the European Union and governments is insufficient, and policies are not strong and coherent enough. However, some countries have made progress, such as half of the studied countries planning to phase out fossil fuel heating, and almost all countries providing technical assistance and some financial support to consumers who switch to clean energy heating
U.S.A
The application for regular heating subsidies in New York State for the 2024-2025 fiscal year will begin on November 1st, and its HEAP energy assistance program can help low-income families pay for heating or cooling related energy costs, with different subsidy amounts depending on the household situation
