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What’s needed for European heat pump progress?

19/10/2022

6 min read

Feature

Two men crouched down next to and studying a heat pump Photo: EHPA
Some 16.98mn heat pumps have been installed in the European Union to date, reducing CO2 emissions by 44mn t/y

Photo: EHPA

Although the UK is lagging behind, overall, the European heat pump sector is poised to move the continent away from dependence on fossil fuels for heating. However, to meet climate targets, an acceleration programme is needed to double the number of installed pumps each year, writes Jozefien Vanbecelaere, Head of EU Affairs at the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA).

‘Fossil fuel heating has not a very long lifetime left,’ the Director of European Programmes for the Regulatory Assistance Project, Dr Jan Rosenow, recently warned. He continued: ‘If the British government shows commitment to heat pumps, the costs will come down.’

 

In the UK, heat pumps sales are growing, but at a slower rate than all the other European countries that EHPA gathers data for. Around 43,000 heat pumps were sold in the UK in 2021, which is an increase on the previous year, but still far less than small countries such as Estonia, Denmark and the Netherlands, and larger ones like France and Germany.

 

Growth of the European heat pump market 
Overall, last year, heat pump sales grew by 34% in Europe to an all-time high. Some 2.18mn units were sold in the 21 European countries that EHPA has numbers for, with UK sales representing 0.02% of the total.

 

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