Clean heat standards can help decarbonise heating faster and more fairly
The European Commission should include clean heat standards in its forthcoming Net Zero Industry Act to force industry and enable consumers to switch from fossil fuel boilers to lower-emitting heat pumps, concludes a new report from the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
Clean heat standards would impose quantitative targets such as the number of heat pumps to be sold, emission reductions achieved or the amount of renewable heat supplied
COMING OF AGE Sales of heat pumps in Europe are rapidly increasing but are still being out-competed by fossil boilers
TRIED AND TESTED Many markets around the world have imposed, or are considering, clean heat standards
KEY QUOTE Ambitious targets must go hand in hand with an economic and legislative framework that promotes the rapid adoption of clean heat technologies such as heat pumps
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