Key EU lawmaker: Europe ‘needs to stay ahead of the game’ on heat pump manufacturing

Natural refrigerants like propane are the way forward to replace climate-warming fluorinated gases in heat pumps, Green EU lawmaker Bas Eickhout argues in an interview with EURACTIV.

This article is part of our special report Heat pumps: Gearing up for the boom years

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Q&A An interview to provide a relevant perspective, edited for clarity and not fully fact-checked.

"One of the most promising replacement of any heating system in our house is via heat pump. This is putting the heat pumps centre stage as the most effective way of changing our fossil dependency in the housing sector," says Bas Eickhout. [EU/Eric VIDAL]

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This article is part of our special report Heat pumps: Gearing up for the boom years.

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Key EU lawmaker: Europe ‘needs to stay ahead of the game’ on heat pump manufacturing

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