In her opening address at the Heat Pump Forum on Thursday 28 September, the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, reiterated the Commission’s strong commitment to climate neutrality by 2050 through the ‘European Green Deal’. Pointing out that heating accounts for almost 50% of the energy consumed in the EU, she argued that there was an urgent need to make the transition to renewable energy sources.
Even more worrying is that 70% of this energy still comes from fossil fuels,...