Of the 27 EU Member States, 19 countries do not provide sufficient subsidies for families to invest in renewable heating solutions or apply disproportionate tax regimes on electricity, as the European NGO-run campaign Cool Products pointed out on Monday 18 October, based on a report by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).
According to this document, the period needed to cover the initial cost of installing a heat pump through savings on energy bills is reasonable (8 years or less) in...