{"id":19851,"date":"2025-06-25T14:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehpa.org\/?p=19851"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T06:43:24","slug":"new-eu-state-aid-framework-must-back-heat-pumps-to-deliver-on-clean-industry-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/news-and-resources\/news\/new-eu-state-aid-framework-must-back-heat-pumps-to-deliver-on-clean-industry-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU State Aid Framework must back heat pumps to deliver on clean industry goals\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The EU&#8217;s just updated its <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_25_1598\">rules<\/a> on which sectors governments can give money to deliver on the Clean Industrial Deal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that it will widen the funding options for heat pumps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But how &#8211; and what do the new rules cover?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>heat pump sector will now have greater opportunities to access public funding, thanks to new EU State Aid guidelines <\/strong>that help Member States deploy public resources in <strong>strategic sectors critical for decarbonisation<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member States looking to <strong>expand heat pump manufacturing<\/strong> \u2013 including the production of <strong>key components<\/strong> \u2013 can now do so with <strong>greater flexibility<\/strong>. <strong>Industrial <\/strong><strong>h<\/strong><strong>eat <\/strong><strong>p<\/strong><strong>umps<\/strong> are explicitly listed as eligible technologies, acknowledging their key role in <strong>cutting emissions<\/strong> and <strong>enhancing energy efficiency<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EU governments can make full use of these new opportunities<\/strong> \u2013 boosting the heat pump sector and its contribution to <strong>energy security<\/strong> and <strong>clean tech leadership<\/strong> \u2013 by <strong>adapting their national support schemes<\/strong> to reflect the updated rules and accelerate the deployment of these vital technologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/competition-policy.ec.europa.eu\/about\/contribution-clean-just-and-competitive-transition\/clean-industrial-deal-state-aid-framework-cisaf_en\">Read more about the new State Aid Framework supporting the\u00a0Clean Industrial Deal\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU&#8217;s just updated its rules on which sectors governments can give money to deliver on the Clean Industrial Deal.&nbsp; The good news is that it will widen the funding options for heat pumps.&nbsp; But how &#8211; and what do the new rules cover?&nbsp; The heat pump sector will now have greater opportunities to access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":19852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,61,29],"tags":[131,132,133,79],"class_list":["post-19851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-policy","category-spotlight","tag-competitiveness-and-skills","tag-flexibility-grids-and-energy-system-integration","tag-industrial-heat-pumps","tag-policy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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