The investment consists of a support scheme for households to replace fossil-fuelled heating systems by renewable heating technology such as biomass-based heaters, heat pumps or connectors to district heating. The ultimate goal is to reduce heating-related energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. It is financed by both Austria’s state budget and the Recovery and Resilience Facility (EUR 159 million). Since its launch, the “Exit-from-oil-&-gas” support scheme has been very popular, with more than 34.000 projects benefiting from (as of September 2022). To further speed up the transition away from gas heating, in 2022 the Austrian Climate Ministry increased the maximum grant per household from 5000 EUR to 7500 EUR, per project. The investment measure shall be completed by mid-2026.
More information and press releases can be found on the webpage of the Federal Chancellery at the following links:
- https://www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at/eu-aufbauplan/projekte/raus-aus-oel-und-gas-foerderung-des-austauschs-von-oel-und-gasheizungen.html
- https://kesseltausch.at
- Reference
- 1.A.2 in the Austrian Recovery and Resilience Plan
- Project locations
- Austria
- EU contribution
- €159 000 000