As of: October 2008
Bundestag adopts Heat Act
On Friday, 6 June 2008, the parliamentary groups of the government coalition agreed on a new instrument to raise the share of renewable energies in heat supply to 14% by 2020. The purpose of the Act promoting renewable energies in the heat sector is, in particular with regard to climate protection, to achieve a sound management of fossil resources and lower dependency on energy imports. Furthermore, it aims to facilitate a sustainable development of energy supply and further development of technologies generating heat from renewable energy sources. The Act will enter into force on 1 January 2009.
Act on the Promotion of Renewable Energies in the Heat Sector (Erneuerbare-Energien-Wärmegesetz – EEWärmeG) of 2008
This translation is a legally non-binding version. Only the version published in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) 2008 I No. 36, p. 1658, published on 18 August 2008, is legally binding.
Consolidated Justification
The Renewable Energies Heat Act (EEWärmeG) in brief
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