Sales of heat pumps have risen sharply in Germany in recent weeks because buyers fear an incoming conservative government will scrap generous grants for replacing gas-fired boilers with heating systems that run on renewable energy.
Thermondo, Germany’s largest heat pump installer, said the company’s sales of the devices had “increased by a factor of 2.5-3 in the past few weeks compared to the end of October”. It added: “In the last week of November we had a record number of new orders.”
Thermondo’s rival Enpal is experiencing a similar uptick. “We are constantly having to adjust our installation capacities to demand, which is continuing to increase,” said the company.