Green Transition Denmark together with CONCITO, Danish District Heating, Green Power Denmark, Intelligent Energy, SYNERGI, TEKNIQ Employers and the Heat Pump Industry have sent a letter to the Minister of Climate, Energy and Supply, Lars Aagaard.

The letter is sent in light of the Climate Status and Projection 2024, which shows that in 2035 there will still be 110.000 households that are heated with gas boilers. It is problematic because there is a political ambition that from 2035 there should be no homes in Denmark that are heated by gas boilers.

There are many good arguments for phasing out the gas boilers as soon as possible.
We know the alternatives in the form of district heating and heat pumps, and they are both greener and better for society. It will also be expensive as a remaining gas customer to have to maintain a gas network with very few connections.

But there is a lack of a clear signal that gas does not belong in heating. Therefore, a political end date should be set for when gas may no longer be used for space heating, at the same time that initiatives are initiated so that no new gas boilers are installed that can have a lifespan of twenty years.
These initiatives must offer a helping hand to vulnerable households who can get help to convert to district heating or a heat pump.
This is agreed upon by a broad coalition of organizations working with the transformation of the heat supply.

The letter has been sent to the climate minister on behalf of the Green Transition Denmark, CONCITO, Dansk Fjernvarme, Green Power Denmark, Intelligent Energy, SYNERGI, TEKNIQ Employers and the Heat Pump Industry on 3 May 2024.

Read the letter to the climate minister here