Global heating trends
Norway has been the first country in the world to ban the use of natural gas for heating from 2020
Norway will stop using gas for heating from 2020. It is the first country to carry out this ban worldwide. With this measure, the Nordic country plans to stop emitting 340,000 tons of greenhouse gases per year. A fact that is not much if one takes into account that it emits 53.9 million tons each year.
But it is one more step in his fight against climate change. Any building, house, facilities, companies, public institutions, all will have to be heated within three years with another way than natural gas. The Norwegian market handles several options that would be valid, including electricity. Source: the Energy Newspaper
New gas boilers to be banned in the UK from 2025
The installation of new gas-fired boilers must be banned from 2025 or the UK's net-zero climate target will be "doomed", according to a high-level commission convened by the CBI. Source: NotiUlti
Germany sets a CO2 tax and prohibits the installation of diesel boilers
The Merkel government has given the green light to the new tax on CO2 and the ban on diesel heating. Two measures that are part of the climate protection resolutions announced in September, in which the German Executive will invest 54,000 million euros over the next decade. The goal is for Germany to achieve nationally and internationally binding climate targets by 2030. Source: Cadena Ser
Brussels prohibits coal heating from 2021
The regional government plan also proposes important measures for the renovation of buildings that also prohibit the installation of new equipment such as coal-fired heating from 2021. The possibility of extending this prohibition will be studied in the case of gas installations from 2030. Source: The Economist.es