Massive roll-out of heat pumps can reduce reliance on Russian fossil fuels & accelerate the clean energy transition – European policies are revised to stimulate the deployment

The European Commission released the REPowerEU Plan on May 18, along with a number of annexes, including an ‘EU Save Energy Communication’. All documents are available at the bottom of this EC page.
This communication states, among many other things, “Regarding heat pumps, the EU aims to double the current deployment rate, resulting in a cumulative 10 million units over the next 5 years. Member States can accelerate the cost-effective deployment and integration of large-scale heat pumps, geothermal and solar thermal energy by developing and modernising district heating systems, which can replace fossil fuels in individual heating, and clean communal heating, especially in densely populated areas and cities; and by exploiting industrial heat whenever available. This accelerated deployment should be matched by a fast ramp-up of the production of heat pumps, including through facilitated access to finance.”