The German government has approved a bill banning new oil and gas heating systems from 2024 that opposition parties claimed would impose “incalculable costs” on homeowners.
The bill, which resolves a dispute between liberals and Greens in Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition, stipulates that any heating system installed in new or old buildings after January 1, 2024 must be 65 per cent based on renewable energy. Exemptions will be made for people on low incomes.
“Germany can neither achieve its climate goals nor quickly reduce its dependence on fossil fuels without a rapid sea change in the heating of buildings,” the bill said.
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