Heat transition: The heat pump industry expects a significant increase in sales in 2025

After the slump in sales last year, the heat pump industry expects sales figures to increase significantly again in 2025. The Federal Heat Pump Association (BWP) in Berlin announced that demand and interest in funding were increasing. It is therefore expected that the market will recover as early as 2025 if government support is continued and made more widely known.

According to the information, manufacturers in Germany sold around 193,000 heat pumps in 2024, 46 percent less than in the record year of 2023. Under the current conditions, the association believes an increase in sales figures of 33 percent to around 257,000 devices is possible in the current year. If there were additional stimuli, such as relief in electricity prices, even stronger growth would be possible, according to the BWP.

Heating funding 2024: More than 151,000 funding commitments

The association referred to new figures for heating subsidies that started in February 2024. Last year there were already more than 151,000 funding commitments under the “Federal Funding for Efficient Buildings” (BEG) program, of which a good 37,000 were in December alone. “The BEG funding is finally starting to take effect,” said BWP managing director Martin Sabel.

He advocated retaining the Building Energy Act (GEG), also known as the Heating Act. It sent a signal of departure for renewable energies. With a view to the federal election, the association called on politicians to “recognize the heat transition as an opportunity”. With the GEG, the heat planning law and the funding programs, the foundations for a climate-neutral building stock have been laid, said BWP deputy chairman Klaus Ackermann.