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 …
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Germany approves building modernization law allowing gas and oil heating
by Leo Müllerby Leo MüllerGerman 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 …
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Bundestag approves new heating law permitting gas and oil boilers
by Hans Ottoby Hans OttoGerman 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 …
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Federal Constitutional Court rejects opposition challenges to health reform and heating law
by Hans Ottoby Hans OttoGerman 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 …
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Heating Law Overhaul Proposes 2045 Switch to Alternative Fuels, Faces Legal Challenge
by Hans Ottoby Hans OttoCoalition 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 …
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Die Linke files constitutional challenge against Germany’s heating law
by Hans Ottoby Hans OttoDie 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 …
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Germany’s heating law reform faces constitutional doubts from Bundestag scientific service
by Leo Müllerby Leo MüllerGermany 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 …
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Heat pumps overtake gas as dominant heating in German new homes
by Leo Müllerby Leo MüllerDistrict 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 …
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EU Agrees Emissions Trading Buffer to Ease Heating and Transport Costs
by Leo Müllerby Leo MüllerEU Agrees Price Buffer to Protect Emissions Trading While Easing Consumer Burden EU emissions trading will keep a binding carbon price, but a newly agreed price buffer for heating and …
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Biogas plant in Reken launches local gas supply for German heating
by Leo Müllerby Leo MüllerReken Farm Emerges as Potential Local Biogas Supplier for New Gas Heaters A Reken farm turns green rye into biogas, producing 50 tons of biomass daily and collecting gas under …