Qvantum Industries AB
Qvantum
Qvantums vision: We enable the many people with thin wallets to live a life without dependencies on fossil fuels.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to Electrification Action Plan
9 Oct 2025
An electrification action plan should pick up and implement the precautions of the EU Energy System Integration Strategy from 2020. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/attachment/866407/EU_Energy_System_Integration_Strategy.pdf In combination with the increase in the generation of renewable electricity the use of said electricity in heating and cooling - through heat pumps - is efficient and will lead to a higher utilisation factor of green generation assets and a more stable electric grid. Other benefits of electrification are known and will not be repeated here. For a full electrification of heating and cooling three priorities should be set: 1. Encourage EU Member State governments to reduce electricity taxation to the legal minimum and monitor progress. 2. Encourage EU Member State governments (in particular Germany) to fast-track the smart meter roll-out and monitor progress. 3. Ensure that all end-users have access to flexible electricity tariffs.
Read full responseResponse to Heating and cooling strategy
9 Oct 2025
Heat pump solutions exist for all residential, commercial and industrial applications. While more than 50% of all Europeans live in cities and most of them in multi-family buildings, this market segment is often perceived as most difficult to decarbonise. Contrary to that belief, heat pump-based solutions for this segment exist in the market today. With the attached document, Qvantum Industries presents the necessary evidence. We suggest a full recognition of existing heat pump solutions also in multi-family buildings. We further suggest the integration of ambient temperature thermal networks in the array of solutions, as such networks are cost-efficient and contribute to the recovery of waste heat from different cooling processes. "One user's waste heat becomes another user's heat source." The heating and cooling strategy should support the full electrification of heating and cooling. Its recommendations should include 1. immediately giving heating and cooling a priority, in particular in the context of system integration. 2. recognize heat pump based ambient temperature thermal networks as solution for multi-family buildings and support their deployment! 3. provide technology clarity instead of technology neutrality: show a preference for low carbon technologies such as heat pumps that are available and deliver at scale. 4. push for a 100% smart meter roll-out and making flexible electricity tariffs available for all to enabling new business models. 5. enabling cities to act towards heat decarbonisation by 5.1. setting clear rules that favour heat pumps over fossil boilers, including in cities heating and cooling plans, 5.2. addressing the decommissioning of the gas grid and providing city administrators with planning tools and financing means to tackle the issue, 5.3. supporting the roll-out of thermal networks independent of temperature level, 5.4. enshrine thermal networks as statutory infrastructure into local law e.g. in infrastructure plans (see attached graph and separate explanatory point), and 5.5. lead by example by using public buildings as early adopters of smart, clean, heat pump-based heating and cooling systems. 6. enabling the recognition of waste heat from single buildings by rewriting art. 2 para. 9 of Directive (EU) 2023/2413 or establishing an interpretation to the Directive. Multi-family buildings are currently considered to be most challenging to decarbonise. Heat pumps connected to ambient temperature thermal networks are an available solution. The concept has 3 parts 1. A thermal network consisting of 2 uninsulated PE pipes 2. A heat source to ensure the network temperature at around 10-12°C. Options include a heat pump, sources of waste energy (from the cooling of residential / commercial buildings, sewage, data centres, tunnels, other underground structures, activated foundations), and thermal photovoltaic modules. 3. Heat pumps in buildings/apartments to provide heating, cooling and hot water. The solution is available today and has numerous benefits No emissions at point of operation ==> clean air. Heating and cooling, also for largely unrenovated apartments and buildings due to the characteristics of R290 as refrigerant used. Efficient, as waste heat from cooling can be collected and re-used. Architecturally pleasing, as individual air conditioning devices and roof-top air handling equipment can be largely avoided. Beneficial to a more stable electric grid with a high share of renewable sources. The systems thermal inertia provides demand side flexibility. Controlled jointly, fleets of fleets of heat pumps provide Gigawatt hours of load shifting potential.
Read full responseMeeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and European Heat Pump Association and
25 Feb 2025 · Main priorities for the Heat Pumps Industry