Cool Heating Coalition has published recommendations for the European Commission’s upcoming Clean Industrial Deal (CID), due to be published on 26 February 2025. The CID will set out a plan to transform the EU’s energy-intensive industries and bolster its clean tech sectors. Building on the European Green Deal (EGD), the CID is seen as crucial for ensuring a sustainable, competitive, and fair transition.
The coalition has identified five core priorities for the CID: economic decarbonisation, affordability for consumers, quality job creation, industrial competitiveness, and maintaining 2030 climate targets. As heating and cooling (H&C) make up almost half of energy consumption, the H&C sector must be central to this strategy.
To support this, Cool Heating Coalition calls for greater investment in clean technologies and electrification, ensuring that affordability measures directly benefit households, not just industries. The coalition also urges the correction of the electricity-to-gas price ratio to enhance competitiveness, alongside strong public funding mechanisms to drive innovation.
The coalition emphasises the need for social and environmental safeguards to promote quality jobs and citizen-led projects. The coalition warns that weakening protections in pursuit of economic goals would undermine long-term sustainability. Instead, it advocates for an ambitious, multilayered funding stream aimed at supporting communities in the transition.
