Government plans to phase out support for fossil fuel heating systems by 2020
The federal economy ministry (BMWi) plans to phase out support for heating systems that run entirely on fossil fuels by 2020, as part of its new 鈥淓nergy efficiency and heat from renewable energies鈥� strategy. Industry opposition to the plans is inevitable, Dana Heide writes for Handelsblatt. The government aims to 鈥渃lean up the current parallel, and sometimes muddled鈥� support for energy efficiency measures in buildings, Heide says. In a press release, state secretary Rainer Baake said the plans 鈥渋mplemented an important measure of Germany鈥檚 Climate Action Plan 2050鈥�. But it remains to be seen if the strategy will be carried through by a new government after the federal elections in September, the article says.
Read the article in German , the BMWi press release in German , and find the strategy in German .