The Green Homes directive blocks subsidies for gas boilers but the criteria to define a hybrid boiler as ecological do not yet exist.

Omissions

• The directive phases out subsidies gradually with a deadline of January 1, 2025, not an immediate block
• The directive distinguishes between stand-alone fossil fuel boilers and hybrid systems
• Information about whether delegated acts exist for hybrid boiler ecological criteria could not be found in available sources
• The MEP could have accessed the October 2024 Commission guidance on this topic

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission - Energy Performance of Buildings DirectiveBoilers powered by fossil fuels will gradually be phased out, starting with the end of financial incentives for stand-alone boilers powered by fossil fuels from 2025
• PrimaryEuropean Commission - Commission issues guidance on phasing out financing for stand-alone fossil fuel boilersThe guidance clarifies the requirement to discontinue, at the latest from 1 January 2025, any financial incentive for the installation of stand-alone fossil fuel boilers
• SecondarySustainability Directory - EU Finalizes Law to Phase out Fossil Fuel Heating by 2040The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive ends fossil fuel boiler subsidies by 2025
• SecondaryEdie - EU agrees 2040 fossil boiler ban in revamped green buildings lawFossil fuel boilers will need to be completely phased out by 2040 and subsidies cut from 2025