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This means that heat pumps accounted for 42 percent of the German heating market in the first quarter. In a survey, 70 percent of customers rejected oil heating, and 60 percent rejected the installation of a gas-fired heat generator.

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These figures come from the Energy Trend Monitor Germany 2025. It is regularly compiled and published on behalf of Stiebel Eltron. "Without a heat transition, the energy transition in Germany will not succeed," analyzes Heinz-Werner Schmidt, Managing Director of Stiebel Eltron. "That's why the latest figures are good news. Because heat pumps make us independent of fossil fuels like oil and gas."

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A 42 percent market share marks an all-time high. "This shows that the heat transition is happening now," says Schmidt. "For the entire year of 2024, the share was still 27 percent, compared to just eight percent ten years ago."

Funding regime is effective

The success of the heat transition is reflected in KfW's funding figures. In the first three months, more than 63,500 applications for heat pumps were approved. "We expect this number to increase significantly over the course of the year," predicts Heinz-Werner Schmidt. "People have realized that they are falling into a fatal cost trap with new gas heating systems."

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In the coming years, the price of carbon dioxide emissions will rise, and fewer and fewer users will pay for the maintenance of expensive gas networks. Furthermore, the new federal government has announced plans to reduce electricity prices.

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According to the plan, the electricity tax will be reduced by two cents and the grid charges by three cents per kilowatt hour – a total of five cents. This will make electrical systems for hot water and space heating even more attractive, increasing their cost-effectiveness.

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The Trend Monitor confirms this interest: 76 percent of respondents hope that electricity prices will become cheaper. Then they want to switch to heat pumps. (HS)

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