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Heat pumps and district heating account for over 70 percent of heating systems in new homes in Germany, thereby driving forward the heating transition, shows data by energy industry association BDEW.
In 2024, 215,900 new apartments were completed in 76,100 new residential buildings in Germany. One quarter of the new apartments are connected to district heating, 46 percent use a heat pump, and 21 percent are heated by gas boilers.
“We now need appropriate, stable and reliable subsidy programmes in order for this positive trend to continue, as well as clear political signals for investment in modern and efficient heating technology,” BDEW head Kerstin Andreae said.
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