L R AS Published on Tuesday 8 March 2022 - n° 396 - Categories:Germany

We could do without heating in Germany in winter!

Space heating without oil and gas is possible in Germany by 2035, according to a study commissioned by Greenpeace. It calls for regulatory measures in three different areas, with appropriate financial support.

A law would phase out fossil fuel heating systems, with simultaneous support for electric heat pumps and solar thermal energy. The installation of new gas and oil heating systems should also be banned from 2024. In parallel, a subsidy programme for 12 million heat pumps and 70 million square metres of solar thermal systems should also be implemented to make the desired replacement more affordable.

Energy renovation of buildings should be undertaken by 2040, with a renovation rate of 3-4% per year. A policy of installing renewable energy should be pursued to reduce supply needs

The accelerated thermal transition would create 500,000 specialist jobs, half of them in construction

At the beginning of January, the German Minister for Climate Protection stated that by 2030, half of all space heating requirements will be covered by renewable energies. In 2019, the total space heating requirement in Germany was 792 TWh. Of this total, 71% was attributable to private households. To date, 5% of them obtain their thermal energy from renewable sources.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/04/space-heating-without-oil-gas-feasible-in-germany-by-2035-says-study/

Editor's note The publication of the study comes a month too late. A few weeks ago, it would have occupied the media field, it would have provoked a debate. Today, we are no longer looking ahead twenty years, but determining how to heat our homes next winter if the war persists

The sponsor of the Greenpeace study can only defend its point of view in this document. How reliable is it?

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