In the accelerated adjustment of energy structure and low-carbon development concept, as an energy-saving products, air-source heat pumps have begun to emerge in recent years. 2022, the sanctions against Russia, environmental pollution, global political instability exacerbated by energy scarcity, for the take-off of air-source heat pumps to provide a “wind mouth”. According to the latest industry online “global heat pump market development status and forecast annual report” shows that in 2022 the global sales of air source heat pumps reached 4.55 million units, an increase of 21.9 per cent year-on-year.
In the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather events, actively addressing climate change has become a consensus among governments, and in recent years many countries have launched relevant initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. China has solemnly proposed a dual-carbon target in 2020, and the Winter Olympics to be held in early 2022 will once again
highlight to the world our significant achievements in energy conservation and environmental protection, with many energy-efficient devices, including air-source heat pumps, being adopted in the event venues, athletes’ residences and other related venues.
In the European market, this year, the Russian-Ukrainian war has made Europe’s natural gas, oil and other energy prices soared, the cost of living under the pressure to promote the public began to actively use more efficient and energy-saving heating methods, led to a substantial increase in the demand for local heat pumps. Industry online data show that in 2022, the European market air source heat pump sales increased by 64% year-on-year, the growth rate ranked first in the world.
In the North American market, air source heat pumps are also developing rapidly, countries have launched heat pump subsidy policy. Among them, the United States in accordance with the Inflation Reduction Act, which began to be implemented in September, the total investment amounted to more than $430 billion, involving heat pump subsidy rebate policy funds of about $4.5 billion, combined with the subsidy rebate policy, middle-income families purchasing heat pumps can get subsidies rebate plus tax credits totalling $6,000. This policy has well promoted local air source heat pump sales, and in 2022 air source heat pump sales in the North American market, mainly in the U.S. market, increased by 9% year-on-year.
From the supply side, China is the world’s leading producer of air-source heat pumps, accounting for 53 per cent of global production in 2022, with year-on-year growth of nearly 20 per cent. At the same time, Europe is affected by the international turmoil, natural gas and other fossil energy supply has been greatly restricted, air source heat pump advantages significantly highlighted. Europe itself is the birthplace of air-source heat pumps, heat pump manufacturers, the energy structure of the entire European market in 2022 changes also led to the local air-source heat pump production of high-speed growth. According to industry online statistics, in 2022, Europe’s local enterprises air source heat pump production increase of nearly 50%, for the first time exceeded one million units, a record high.
Air source heat pump as an energy-saving product has a sustained long-cycle development power. 2023 is the year of China’s epidemic policy change, the global economy is fully liberalised, on the other hand, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has not yet ended, the competition between the big powers is still continuing, whether the global economy can recover quickly is not yet known. But the determination of global countries to strive to protect the environment will not change, the future of the world is bound to move towards a new era of low-carbon or even carbon-free, heat pumps as energy-efficient environmental protection equipment, will certainly walk in the forefront of the development of the global energy reform on the road to ride the waves, a big show.
