Europe’s heat pump industry is flagging and has been forced to cut, or temporarily freeze, 3,000 jobs following investments into production capacity that overshot demand growth. “In 2023, we saw sales fall for the first time in 15 years,” Jozefien Vanbecelaere, head of EU affairs at the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA), said in a press call on Tuesday (27 February). Based on 2023 sales data from 14 countries that