Heat pump gross sales grew by a history 34% in Europe past yr to 2.18 million units.
Figures revealed today by the European Warmth Pump Association (EHPA) expose that the 21 nations around the world surveyed bought 560,000 a lot more models than in 2020. The 21 international locations coated are Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Slovakia and the United kingdom
The EHPA estimates that the overall amount of installed warmth pumps in the EU is now 16.98 million, masking all around 14% of the heating current market.
“The warmth pump sector’s report development in 2021 is element of a major change to sustainable heating in Europe. We have a triple whammy: EU policy driving governments to decarbonise the developing sector, leaps ahead in warmth pump technological know-how, and the Covid pandemic which has aided numerous citizens realise they ought to up grade their households,” stated EHPA secretary normal Thomas Nowak.
“More recently, the horrible war waged by Russia on Ukraine has proven the insanity of our dependency on fossil gas imports for heating,”he added.
Whilst all countrywide warmth pump markets professional considerable progress very last yr, the strongest relative gains for heating warmth pumps ended up obtained in Poland (an improve of 87%), Ireland (+69%), Italy (+63%), Slovakia (+42%) Norway, France (each individual +36%) and Germany (+28%).
Ten nations around the world – France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Poland, Denmark and the Netherlands – accounted for 87% of the European market place profits. The best three nations, France, Germany, Italy accounted for half of yearly income.
The 5 largest European warmth pump markets in phrases of models bought (warmth pumps and warm h2o models) in 2021 had been France (537,000 units offered, +36%), Italy (382,000, +64%), Germany (177,000, +26%), Spain (148,000, +16%), and Sweden (135,000, +19%).
The greatest absolute improves in comparison to the 2020 figures have been obtained in Italy (150,000 units extra offered than in 2020 – a distinct end result of favourable national subsidies), France (+143,000), Poland (+43,000), Germany (+37,000) and Norway (+33,000).
“These figures could skyrocket additional following year as the REPowerEU program to get off Russian fuel and its ambitious targets for warmth pumps kicks in. We do see restrictions in factors source, while, that may dampen the maximize. Right here we see the need for an EU warmth pump acceleration motion prepare, to ensure smooth expansion and prevent source or HR bottlenecks,” added Jozefien Vanbecelaere, the EHPA’s head of EU affairs.
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