The heating and cooling (H&C) sector plays a key role for reaching the EU energy and climate targets. It accounts for about 50 percent of the final energy consumption in the EU, and the sector is largely based on fossil fuels. In 2021, the share of renewable energies in H&C reached 23%. How can the sector be decarbonised? Our latest study shows the pathway. See the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e37b6bMz #climateneutral #climategoals #science #transformation #renewables #heatingandcooling
⚡In the fight against climate change the EU has just agreed on a reform of the EU Buildings Directive. ⚡ The recast provides for stricter energy requirements in the building sector. By 2050 all buildings are meant to be climate-neutral. 🌍 🌞 To reach this goal, one crucial step is the transformation of the heating and cooling supply. ➡ Scientists from Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI together with Oeko-Institut e.V., Technische Universität Wien, e-think and Halmstad University have developed an extensive decarbonisation pathway scenario: ❗ The new report "Renewable Heating and Cooling Pathways: Towards full decarbonisation by 2050" offers a broad overview on transformation paths, technology potentials and instruments for transforming the heating and cooling sector in the EU by 2050. It provides insights into the different perspectives of the individual member states. ▶ The scenario results show a significant reduction of total energy use for heating and cooling by about one third from 2019 to 2050. This is mainly driven by renovation of the building envelope, but also by the replacement of inefficient, old heating systems. It underlines the huge importance for improving the existing building stock. ▶ Total electricity consumption almost doubles from 2019 until 2050. Electrification via the strong increase in decentralised heat pumps and large-scale centralised heat pumps in district heating networks is the most relevant change in the supply structure of heating and cooling across the EU-27 in the decarbonisation pathway scenario. This also holds for individual member states: The study expects an increase of electricity use for heating & cooling in all member states, although at different scales. ⏩ The research is based on a detailed modelling of the European System and offers many more insights on individual sectors. individual countries and structures policy needs. It clusters member states according to their individual transition pathways and preconditions. Find the full report here: 👇 👇👇 #decarbonisation #report #europeancommission #eureport #scenario #fraunhofer #fraunhoferisi #heatpumps #eu27 #eubuildingsdirective #newenergy #electrification #districtheating #wärmewende #gebäudeenergiegesetz Tobias Fleiter Anna Billerbeck Sibylle Braungardt Veit Bürger Mahsa Bagheri Pia Manz Khaled Al-Dabbas Breitschopf Barbara Jenny Winkler Mostafa Fallahnejad Daniel Harringer Jeton Hasani Ali Kök Lukas Kranzl Philipp Mascherbauer Marcus Hummel Andreas Müller Jul Habiger Urban Persson Luis Sánchez García
