The price is pushing for the phasing out of gas boilers

Thousands of Danes still heat their homes with gas, even though a broad majority in the Danish Parliament has decided that gas boilers will be a thing of the past from 2035. In practice, however, the phasing out is slow, and new gas boilers are still being installed every week. This is reported by Avisendanmark.dk.  

In Marslev on Funen, Sendi Prljaca lives in a newly built detached house from 2017. Here, the family has a gas boiler – and they have no plans to replace it for the time being.  

– We can't save anything by choosing another heat source, says Sendi Prljaca, who lives in Alléparken in Marslev.  

For many, the price is the decisive barrier. According to residents in the area, a typical transition to district heating costs between DKK 100,000 and DKK 130,000, and that is discouraging.  

According to the Danish Safety Technology Authority, 4,200 gas boilers were installed in Denmark in 2024, and since 2023 the number has increased by 10 percent. This year too, several hundred new boilers have been installed – of which 52 are on Funen.  

Michael Høj Larsen, who is CEO of CEO of Kerteminde Forsyning, emphasizes that the economy plays a major role in the decision.  

– District heating is competitive in price, but the problem is that everyone in an area has to make the decision at the same time, and that requires a lot of planning, says Michael Høj Larsen, CEO of Kerteminde Forsyning.  

According to the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities, there are 281,000 private gas customers in Denmark.  

At Christiansborg, several parties want a ban on new gas boilers and a stricter deadline for phasing out. The government has announced an analysis in 2026 of how gas consumption for home heating can be reduced.  

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