Paper No 959 – Making progress in the decade of heat pumps – status and trends of the European heat pump markets in 2022 – 14th IEA Heat Pump Conference, Chicago, USA
European heat pump sales grew +38% in 2022. With 3.016 million units sold across Europe, this is a new sales. Assuming a life expectancy of approx. 20 years, the current European heating heat pump stock amounts to 16.97 million units, representing nearly 15% of the EUs building stock of 116 million residential buildings. The main influencing factors for market growth: • Policy makers focus on heating: 10 years of energy and climate policy is now showing results in national markets. • Heat pump technology delivers: the needs of new and existing residential and commercial buildings (temperatures up to 75°C) as well as industrial processes (providing between 140°C and 160°C) are met. Solutions are available to fuel the greening of district heating and cooling at temperatures of up to 95°C and capacities of between one and 35 MW. • Homeowners have focused on upgrading their buildings to improve indoor environmental quality. The paper explains the underlying market dynamics growth in Europe in 2022 including air-air, air-water, and ground-water heat pumps for heating as well as sanitary hot water heat pumps.