- Training to qualify installers and specialists
- CDU leader Friedrich Merz: „We are fully committed to this heating transition“
- Multi-million euro investment in heating transition to create over 1,000 additional jobs
- Enpal aims to become Germany’s leading heat pump installer
Berlin, June 17th, 2024 – Enpal, Germany’s leading system integrator of renewable energy solutions, opened its new Heat Pump Academy on Friday to train and educate installers and professionals in the field of heat pumps.
Located in Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Brandenburg, south of Berlin, the Enpal Academy is the largest training centre of its kind in Europe. Enpal plans to create an additional 1,000 jobs in the heat pump sector in Germany this year alone. The opening ceremony was attended by Friedrich Merz, chairman of the CDU party, and Dr Frank Meyer, CEO of Bosch.
„We – the CDU/CSU – are fully behind this heating transition,“ said Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU. „We agree that we have to achieve the goal of moving away from fossil fuels in Germany. We are just arguing about the way.“ He added: ‚We are delighted that such an academy can be opened today.“
Enpal is investing a three-digit million sum in the new business area. In the first quarter alone, a double-digit million sum was invested in product development and the expansion of sales and installation. Enpal’s aim is to become the market leader for heat pump installation in Germany.
Bosch welcomed Enpal’s commitment to training professionals in the field of heating, sanitation and air conditioning. The heat pump is a key technology for reducing CO2 emissions in the building sector. To continue its success story, the contribution of all industry players is needed. The Bosch Home Comfort Group is investing around one billion euros in its European development and production network for heat pumps by 2030.
At the current rate of sales, Enpal already has 5,000 heat pumps on the market for the year as a whole. In the first quarter alone, Enpal’s sales of heat pumps were over 1,000 units, more than in the whole of last year.
Enpal will intelligently network the heat pump with the solar system and integrate it into the electricity market. The company is investing several million euros in the technological development of the Enpal.One energy management platform and the creation of a virtual power plant (VPP). By the end of the year, more than 100 specialists will be recruited in the fields of IoT, data science and machine learning.
„Now is the time to grow as much with heat pumps as we did with solar,“ says Mario Kohle, founder and CEO of Enpal. „Enpal is in the middle of a transformation. We are investing heavily in the development of the heat segment in order to grow quickly and with high quality. Our focus is on market leadership and long-term profitability. The strong investment in the heating transition is a success factor for the future.“
The new heat pump academy builds on the success of the Enpal Solar Academy. Since it was founded in 2020, it has become Europe’s largest training centre in this segment, with well over 1,000 people involved in the solar trade.
About Enpal
Enpal is Germany’s greentech unicorn and a pioneer in the residential energy transition, offering a comprehensive, integrated renewable energy solution to German homeowners. Profitable since 2022, the company holds a leading position in the German residential solar market, selling several thousand new energy systems every month. Enpal’s product offering consists of a solar system, energy storage system, EV-charging station, heat pump and the Enpal energy management platform, an intelligent combination of hardware and software designed to optimize system performance and long-term customer savings. Founded in 2017, Enpal has digitized and revolutionized the purchase of green energy for a fossil-free home with its rental model and flexible, no-down-payment purchase option. Our climate-friendly renewable energy community currently comprises more than 60,000 Enpal-equipped households. Enpal’s investors include some of the world’s largest impact and technology investors, such as TPG Rise Climate, Softbank Vision Fund II, Princeville Climate Technologies, HV Capital, Activate Capital and The Westly Group.
Source: corporate.enpal.com