After the boom comes the crisis: heat pump sales record a dramatic decline. Last year, sales of heat pumps fell by five percent in 14 European countries.
Confusing politics and falling energy prices are slowing the boom. Right-wing parties are raising the mood against heat pumps. 3,000 jobs across Europe have already been affected, which have either been cut or put on short-time work because the market has not developed as expected at the end of 2022. Despite these challenges, the EU Commission has set the goal of installing around 60 million heat pumps in the EU by 2030.