• International

In June 2025, the shipment volume of air-source heat pumps in the United States decreased by 16.0%

Summary:

The total shipment volume of central air conditioning and air-source heat pumps in the United States reached 840,769 units in June 2025. Compared to the shipment volume of 1,080,817 units in June 2024, there was an overall decrease of 22.2%. Among them, the shipment volume of air conditioning units dropped to 477,270 units, a decrease of 26.3% from 647,901 units in June 2024; the shipment volume of air-source heat pumps decreased from 432,916 units in June 2024 to 363,499 units, a decline of 16.0%.

Original link: https://www.ahrinet.org/system/files/2025-08/June%202025%20Statistical%20Release.pdf

• Jiangsu

Announcement on the Approval and Release of Nine Local Standards for Zero Carbon Park Construction and One Modification of Jiangsu Province Local Standard

Summary:

Zero carbon parks can explore the demonstration application of green fuel technologies such as biomass energy. Develop biomass gasification multi-production according to local conditions. Parks with conditions can develop geothermal heat pumps, air-source heat pumps, and biomass heating as clean heating methods.

Original link: https://scjgj.jiangsu.gov.cn/art/2025/8/27/art_78968_11629805.html

Notice from the Changzhou Municipal Government on Issuing the Implementation Plan for the National Carbon Peak Pilot (Changzhou)

Summary:

Promote energy-saving renovations of existing buildings. Focus on government office buildings and large public buildings, implement energy-saving renovations, and promote the upgrading of heat pump units, chillers, external window and wall insulation, lighting equipment, elevators, and old pipelines.

Promote shallow geothermal energy utilization according to local conditions, actively promote the demonstration application of water-source heat pumps in the Changzhou High-speed Railway New City Smart Energy Station, and promote the large-scale application of renewable energy. Improve the electrification level of buildings, relying on electric heating (cooling) technology to promote the cleanliness of heating (cooling) in public buildings, focusing on large public buildings such as hospitals, hotels, shopping malls, office buildings, and commercial complexes, and promote technologies such as heat pumps, ice storage cooling, and thermal storage electric boilers.

Original link: https://www.changzhou.gov.cn/gi_news/654175548274283

Notice from the Municipal Government on Issuing Several Policy Measures to Accelerate the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development in Wuxi

Summary:

Comprehensively promote green substitution on the energy consumption side. Accelerate the coupling development of industries such as steel, petrochemicals, chemicals, and building materials with renewable energy, promote electric substitution technologies such as replacing coal, oil, and gas with electricity, and continuously increase the proportion of electricity in terminal energy consumption. By 2030, the proportion of green electricity consumption in high-energy-consuming enterprises will reach over 30%. Promote the construction and renovation of green rural housing. Accelerate the application of solar energy, biomass fuel, and air energy in rural areas.

Original link: https://www.wuxi.gov.cn/doc/2025/08/15/4633574.shtml

Announcement on Public Solicitation of Opinions on the “Taizhou City 2025-2030 Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Industry Development Plan”

Summary:

Energy-saving technology equipment: Focus on developing high-efficiency oxygen-rich energy-saving furnaces, thermal storage combustion technology equipment, high-efficiency generator sets, residual pressure and heat recovery utilization technology equipment, ultra-energy-saving high-efficiency small and medium-sized series three-phase asynchronous motors, carbon dioxide heat pumps and energy-saving compressors and units, high-efficiency large-area double-tube plate heat exchangers, heat-resistant glass fiber reinforced plastic energy-saving components, and other product production. Enhance the manufacturing capacity of rare earth permanent magnet motors, high, medium, and low voltage variable frequency speed control devices, and permanent magnet speed control devices.

Original link: https://www.taizhou.gov.cn/api-gateway/jpaas-jsurvey-web-server/front/dczj/showJsurveys.do?formId=aca7340e9a1c490296d949062a2388ec

• Guangdong

Notice from the Fengkai County People’s Government on Issuing the Fengkai County Carbon Peak Implementation Plan

Summary:

Green and low-carbon actions in construction, increase the proportion of green building materials in new urban buildings, actively expand the application forms of renewable energy in the construction field, and promote high-efficiency air-source heat pump technologies and products. Optimize low-carbon actions for building energy use, continuously expand the scale of renewable energy applications in buildings, and actively promote technologies such as solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, and air-source heat pumps in buildings. Encourage high-star green buildings and ultra-low energy consumption, near-zero energy consumption buildings to actively adopt renewable energy.

Original link: https://www.fengkai.gov.cn/fkxxxgkml/xzfbgs/content/post_3142875.html

• Hainan

Announcement from the Danzhou City Ecological Environment Bureau on Public Solicitation of Opinions on the “Implementation Plan for Creating Near-Zero Carbon Parks in the Yangpu Economic Development Zone (Draft for Comments)”

Summary:

Steadily promote building photovoltaic integration, advance the photovoltaic renovation of existing buildings, develop waste heat utilization, and promote the application of sea water, geothermal, air-source, and waste heat source heat pump products in buildings. By 2027, the utilization rate of renewable energy in the building sector will not be less than 10%. Continuously promote the construction of comprehensive heating and gas supply systems. Accelerate the progress of related work on nuclear power waste heat supply, actively explore high-temperature gas-cooled reactor projects, and encourage industries with relatively low thermal density to use air-source heat pumps for direct heating or in combination with steam compression mechanisms to obtain steam.

Original link: https://www.danzhou.gov.cn/danzhou/zfxxgkzl/bm/hbj/gkml/202508/t20250808_3910215.html

• Zhejiang

Announcement of Subsidy Amount for Air-Source Heat Pumps (Supporting Grain Dryers) and Other Central Agricultural Machinery Innovative Products (First Batch) by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Summary:

For air-source heat pumps (supporting grain dryers) with rated heating capacity of 110kW ≤ rated heating capacity < 220kW, the subsidy is 14,000 yuan; for those with 220kW ≤ rated heating capacity < 350kW, the subsidy is 16,000 yuan; for those with rated heating capacity ≥ 350kW, the subsidy is 18,000 yuan.

Original link: https://nynct.zj.gov.cn/art/2025/8/6/art_1229663852_58966392.html

• Beijing

Announcement on Public Solicitation of Opinions on the “Implementation Plan for the Renewable Energy Development and Utilization Regulations in Beijing (Draft for Comments)”

Summary:

Develop and utilize geothermal energy, air energy, solar energy, biomass energy, and waste heat (recycled water) for multi-coupling heating according to local conditions, promote the replacement of traditional gas heating with renewable energy heating in conjunction with urban renewal and the renovation of old communities, and prioritize the use of new energy and renewable energy heating in new buildings.

Original link: https://fgw.beijing.gov.cn/zmhd/dczj/yjgg/202508/t20250815_4174369.htm

“Urban Rail Transit Engineering Design Standards” (DB11/T 995-2025)

Summary:

Section 14.2 – Underground Lines – Heating Part mentions: When the management room of a station with staff needs heating, it is advisable to use an air conditioning heat pump system or local electric heating.

Section 14.3 – Elevated and Ground Lines – Heating Part mentions: The heat source should preferably use air-source heat pumps, and if not possible, local electric heating devices can be used.

Original link: https://ghzrzyw.beijing.gov.cn/biaozhunguanli/bz/szjgdjt/202002/t20200220_1662799.html?sessionid=

• Sichuan

Notice on Issuing the “Sichuan Province New Energy Industry Chain Development Plan (2025-2027)”

Summary:

Explore “geothermal + wind and solar” multi-energy complementary power stations in the western Sichuan region, promote heat pump heating (cooling) in basin areas. Cultivate supporting industries for “geothermal energy +”. Accelerate the development of new exploration equipment, large fracturing machines, and other geological exploration equipment industries, optimize and refine the key equipment industries such as heat pump units and plate heat exchangers, and carry out comprehensive utilization of geothermal energy with agriculture, industry, and commerce.

Original link: https://jxt.sc.gov.cn/scjxt/qtwj/2025/8/29/65c40303494c4df1bfd4f45327cb9e10.shtml

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