The federal funding for the installation of heat pumps is secured according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The corresponding program for “Federal Funding for Efficient Building” (BEG) will continue according to the provisional housekeeping, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of the German Press Agency said on request. “This means that all legal obligations are served,” she emphasized, so if you requested a grant from the program and receive a commitment, you can also rely on it – unless, for example, incorrect information was given. The funding is independent of a possible change of government after the Bundestag election and can only be abolished by the decision of a future federal government. For the switching of fossil heating to climate -friendly alternatives, the promotion of the federal government is important. Owners of existing single-family houses that inhabit them themselves can apply for subsidies for the exchange of old gas and oil heating against renewable alternatives since February 2024. Since May 2024, this also applies to private landlords and to home owner communities, for example with central heating. According to information from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the funding rate for private households with low and medium -sized incomes is up to 70 percent. In 2024, interest in the grants increased. Since January this year alone there have been 35,800 applications – most of them to install a heat pump. In 2024, a total of 227,000 applications were received by the responsible loan institution for reconstruction (KfW). They were granted almost completely immediately, but in 2024 the sales of heat pumps broke off compared to the previous year. 46 percent less were sold than in the record year 2023 under the impression of the energy prices that were exploding at the time. More on the Themadie Funding has been directly related to the building energy law known as the “heating law”, which has been in effect since early 2024. It generally states that from 2024 every newly built heating must be operated 65 percent with renewable energies. However, this does not apply to all buildings, but initially only for new buildings in new development areas. There are transition periods for existing buildings and new buildings outside of new development areas.
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