📢 𝐄𝐇𝐈 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 2024! This year our annual flagship event took place in Warsaw and gathered the main stakeholders in the European heating industry and Polish policymakers to discuss heating market trends across Europe, the latest legislative updates at EU & national levels, and the priorities for the sector in the next months. Here are our key takeaways👇 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬: high energy prices, especially for electricity, and ever-changing frameworks of financial incentives for consumers are the main factors that led to a significant decrease in heat pump sales across Europe in the last months. This poses a critical challenge to heat pump deployment to the levels agreed by the EU. To improve, we require new strategies at the EU level and a stable incentives framework at the national level; 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐝𝐨: anchor the ambition of REPowerEU targets for efficient heating systems to legislation and maintain the ambition while supporting its implementation by working on what impacts the market - energy taxation, flexible tariffs rewarding consumer investments, resilience of electricity grids - rather than on bans. Consumers need a sound business case to invest in an efficient heating system: lower energy bills; 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭: to keep a thriving European industry that can drive the decarbonisation of the building sector and the EU economy, policymakers need to send a clear signal that competitiveness of European industry is a priority and to focus on ensuring a level playing field with non-EU manufacturers with a set of EU rules that passes the international competitiveness-test; 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥: for sustainable and affordable decarbonisation of the building sector it is key to keep a multi-technology approach. Different technologies using different renewable energy vectors will provide a more suitable and cheaper decarbonisation scenario in 2030-2050 than an electrification-only scenario, as shown in the Guidehouse study. Huge thank you to EHI member SPIUG and its director Janusz Staroscik for the support and the insightful deep dive into the Polish heating market. Credits to all the speakers from our members’ companies and the Polish Government representatives – Paweł Biśta, Head of East Europe Northern Countries, Ariston Group; Sebastian Walerysiak, CEO/Vice President Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Viessmann; Krzysztof Ciemiega, Regional Director, Bosch Home Comfort Group; Andrzej Kaźmierski, Director of Department of Low Carbon Economy, Ministry of Development and Technology; Grzegorz Tobolczyk, Director of Department Heating and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Climate and Environment – for the insights on the trends in the heating market and the expected impacts of the European Green Deal on Polish market. Thank you to all the participants for joining us and contributing to this meaningful discussion!
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Jesteśmy dumni, że mogliśmy uczestniczyć w Walnym Zgromadzeniu EHI 2024 w Warszawie! To ważne wydarzenie zgromadziło kluczowych interesariuszy europejskiego przemysłu ciepłowniczego i polskich decydentów, aby omówić kluczowe trendy i wyzwania na rynku grzewczym. Dziękujemy wszystkim prelegentom za wnikliwe spostrzeżenia. Wspólnie możemy napędzać transformację energetyczną i dekarbonizację sektora budowlanego!