KfW to play a central role in heating subsidies in the future

The Ministry of Economics wants to bundle responsibilities for state subsidies for heating replacement. In the future, it will be possible to apply for all heating subsidies at the state development bank KfW, the ministry told the German Press Agency. The Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (Bafa) will focus on the promotion of other efficiency measures in renovations.

So far, the federal funding for efficient buildings and thus also the heating subsidies in a Bafa location in the East Saxon Weißwasser processed. In the future the promotion is to take place approximately around renewable heating from a hand. All applications for the exchange of heatings in the federal promotion made starting from 1 January are then processed by the KfW.

Taxpayer takes over up to 70 per cent of the costs

From beginning of the year in the course of the heating law decided by the Bundestag also a new promotion system is to apply. The state takes over under certain conditions up to 70 per cent of the costs for a climaticfriendly heating. The maximum eligible costs are to be 30,000 euros for a single-family home. The maximum state subsidy is thus 21,000 euros.

In addition to investment cost subsidies, low-interest loans are also to be offered via the KfW. According to the ministry, the grant program for heating exchange is to be merged with this new, low-interest loan and existing loan programs for complete renovations. This is simple and clear for consumers.

"Partly it was an overload"

The ministry praised the employees of the Bafa site in Weißwasser. They would have achieved "outstanding" especially in recent months. They had been "flooded" by hundreds of thousands of applications in 2022 due to the energy crisis and had made good progress in dealing with them. "Nevertheless, the workload is enormous, in some cases it was an overload. In order to distribute the work better in the future in the sense of the coworkers and in the sense of the consumers as simple an application for the heating promotion as possible to make possible, we will bundle these in the future with the KfW."

The Bafa is to concentrate on the promotion of other measures - for example the replacement of windows or the insulation of facades. The Weißwasser site should be further developed and more broadly positioned, he said. Most temporary contracts should be converted into permanent ones.