Pellet Industry for Binding Timetable for Phasing Out Oil Heating

"The potential is huge, but there needs to be movement now," said Doris Stiksl, Managing Director of proPellets Austria. She criticizes the "snail's pace of individual federal states" in switching from oil heating to sustainable heating.

Phase-Out of Oil Heating: Tyrol, Burgenland, and Carinthia are Laggards in Austria

At the earliest, Burgenland, Carinthia, and Tyrol, the laggards, would manage the phase-out of oil heating by 2040 or 2044 at the current pace, criticizes the pellet industry. According to the calculations of the industry association, only Vienna, Salzburg, Upper Austria, and Lower Austria will achieve a phase-out by 2035. The fastest, namely by 2028, will be the phase-out of oil heating in Vienna - but here 427,000 households still heat with natural gas.

"We demand clear framework conditions from the politicians for the phase-out of oil and gas heating, and this also includes a timetable for when oil and gas heating may no longer be in operation," said Stiksl on Tuesday according to a statement. She points out that the Renewable Heat Act, which failed due to the then government coalition, had envisaged the end of heating with oil by 2035. The pellet industry also points to advantages such as climate protection, stable prices, security of supply, and economic employment through the phase-out of oil heating, while also pursuing its own economic interests.

(APA/Red)

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