Heating has never been as expensive in Germany as it will be in 2022. The bill can slowly be presented.
The prices have almost doubled.
Hanover – Heating is really expensive for consumers in Germany these days.
One reason is the Ukraine war, the heavy inflation in the euro zone does the rest.
In order to avoid an extreme additional burden these days, people in Germany try to save as much energy as possible.
With success: A gas shortage seems to be off the table for the time being, as the head of the Federal Network Agency Klaus Müller recently announced.
Heating has nevertheless become more expensive and for many consumers the annual bills are likely to bring a rude awakening – despite the gas price brake and the hardship regulations when heating with heating oil or pellets, as reported by
kreiszeitung.de
.
Energy crisis and inflation: heating costs so much more in Germany
According to a report by
Spiegel
, experts expect heating costs in 2022 to be between 50 and 100 percent higher than previous prices.
"This year, tenants have to reckon with a sometimes drastic additional burden when it comes to the upcoming heating bills," Matthias Hartmann, Managing Director of the energy service provider Techem, is quoted as saying.
The service provider has created a heating cost forecast, which
is exclusively available to
Spiegel .
Hartmann assumes an average increase in heating costs of between 50 and 100 percent.
Particularly affected: heaters that run on oil or gas, which is the case in around 75 percent of rental apartments in Germany.
Heating in Germany: The prices are rising so much because of the energy crisis and inflation
But even in households with other energy sources, heating has become extremely expensive, reports Der Spiegel.
For example, the cost of district heating is linked to the price of gas, and heating with pellets has also become more expensive due to the high price of wood.
Even heating with a heat pump has become more expensive due to increased electricity costs.
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And it was recognised, so that the storage of gas in the storage facilities was started at an early stage.
For example, in November it was reported that the first gas storage facilities had broken the 100 percent mark.
Europe's largest gas storage facility in Rehden, Lower Saxony, is also well filled with more than 90 percent, although due to an incident last Tuesday, no more gas can be stored in Rehden at the moment.
