Municipal utilities want to play a decisive role in the heating transition in Germany. An obligation for homeowners to connect to the heating network is an option.
The Association of Municipal Companies expects that in the future, 40 to 45 percent of heating will be with district heating, 40 percent with heat pumps and at most 15, at most 20 percent with hydrogen. The higher the share of renewables in heat generation, the more climate-friendly a heating system is, says the VKU's chief executive Ingbert Liebing.