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Oct 8

From an article about an article about the institution of the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz.

"The walk through the decision labyrinths ends with the person responsible for heat pumps, which are supposed to replace 12 million gas heaters at tempo. And it happened the following beautiful dialogue, which I quote slightly shortened here:

- 2021 only 150,000 heat pumps were installed. Since the gas war with Putin, almost everyone wants one. That's good, isn't it?
- Almost. Installers are making the switch.
- And?
- There are too few.
- Why?
- Because people also want to renovate their bathrooms, for example.
- But if they renovate less and install more heat pumps, then it works?
- Not quite, there are too few.
- Installers?
- Heat pumps.
- Why?
- Every manufacturer has a different model, and the units are assembled by hand, so there has to be industrial production first.
- And then enough can be produced?
- If there are enough semiconductors.
- They are in short supply right now.
- Exactly.
- Okay, so if there's the demand and the installers and the semiconductors and the industrial production, then things will roll?
- Well, there's still the problem with the coolants. So far, they're climate-impacting.
- They're protecting the climate?
- They endanger it.
- Aren't there substitutes?
- There are.
- But?
- They're flammable.
- Ah.
- We're working on it.
- So now, if there's the demand and the installers and the industrial manufacturing and the semiconductors and the right coolants, you can meet your goal of installing 1 million a year?
- If that's cleared up with the construction window.
- Construction window?
- That's the part of a property that's allowed to be built on.
- And?
- Yes, the heat pump must be partly outside. Then it is outside the building window.
- What do you do?
- You have to change the building code.
- And you do that?
- No, it's state building codes.
- So 16 different ones!?
- Yes, 16. We are in constructive discussions with the states.
- Thank you for talking to us."