The federal government wants to promote the switch to climate-friendly heating systems.
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Berlin The federal government has agreed on a draft law on the future of heating. On April 19, the cabinet passed the draft amendment to the Building Energy Act, which is intended to curb CO2 emissions in the building sector in the coming years.
More than a third of Germany’s energy requirements are for building heating and hot water supply. Every newly installed heating system should therefore be operated with 65 percent renewable energies from 2024. There should be a variety of options for this, and partial use of fossil fuels will remain permitted for the time being.
Repairs of oil and gas heating systems are still possible. Not until 2045 will all heating systems have to run entirely on renewable energies.
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