Heating

Gas heating could nearly double household bills by 2040, IW study warns A new Institute of the German Economy (IW) study warns that gas heating installation may lead to sharply …

Heat pumps become Germany’s top choice for home heating in 2025 Heat pumps became the most-installed residential heating system in Germany in 2025, driven by lower running costs and strong …

German Building Modernization Law Preserves Gas and Oil Installations, Stirs Debate Bundestag passes building modernization law keeping gas and oil installations allowed, raising questions over 2045 targets and costs for …

German heating law cleared by Bundestag lets new gas and oil boilers, sets phased biomethane targets Bundestag approves German heating law allowing gas and oil boilers, sets biomethane quotas and …

German Constitutional Court rejects opposition bids, clearing way for Bundestag votes German Constitutional Court rejects opposition emergency appeals, clearing path for Bundestag votes on the Kassen‑Spargesetz and Heizungsgesetz on July …

Coalition pushes major rewrite of Germany’s Heizungsgesetz, triggering legal challenge Coalition parties propose sweeping amendments to the Heizungsgesetz, removing the 65% renewables requirement and prompting a court challenge that may …

Die Linke files constitutional challenge to Germany’s heating law at the Federal Constitutional Court Die Linke files constitutional challenge to Germany’s heating law, seeking an emergency injunction to block a …

Germany heating law reform faces constitutional doubts after Bundestag report A Bundestag Scientific Service opinion warns the proposed heating law reform, the so-called Heizungsgesetz or Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz, may shift emissions burdens …

District heating in Germany reaches 8% of new homes as heat pumps surge past gas District heating in Germany reaches 8% of new homes while heat pumps overtake gas; experts …