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Heat Act (Warmtewet, Wm)

2009LegislativeMitigationMore details
Sectors: Energy

The Heat Act's last revisions encourage the supply and use of renewable energy by modifying the scope of the original document to ease the administrative burden on sustainable heat suppliers. A favourable tariff scheme will enter into force on January 1, 2020. 

This Act will be replaced by the Collective Heat Act (Wet Collectieve Warmte, Wcw), which is expected to come into force 2025. The proposal is currently receiving advice from the Council of State, after which it will be sent to the House of Representatives. The proposal discusses the need for the Collective Heat Act in order to combat climate change, and achieve Dutch homes and buildings to be natural gas-free by 2050. For the realisation of collective heat as an alternative to gas, around 2.6 million additional connections need to be realised. The Collective Heat Act (Wcw) focuses on the growth and sustainability of these collective heat systems.

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