- In the case of ground heat pumps, the annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) in the third quarter of 2024 will range from approximately PLN 3,400 for underfloor heating systems to PLN 4,200 for radiator installations.
- The cost of heating such a house with an air-water heat pump, without taking into account the photovoltaic installation, should be in the range of PLN 4,000 to PLN 5,000. PLN per year, in the third quarter of 2024
- The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using a wood boiler will range from PLN 4,670 to approximately PLN 6,100 in the third quarter of 2024.
- The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using a wood pellet boiler will amount to approximately PLN 5.5 thousand. PLN in the third quarter of 2024
- The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using coal and eco-pea coal furnaces will amount to PLN 4,890 in the third quarter of 2024.
- The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using natural gas boilers and radiators will amount to PLN 7,060 in the third quarter of 2024.
- The average cost of coal (coal pellets) was assumed to be PLN 1,300 per tonne, and for wood pellets – PLN 1,300 per tonne. In the case of electricity, fixed costs were not taken into account because electrical installation is standard in every building and they have to be incurred anyway.
In recent months, many home owners have been frightened by drastic increases in electricity prices, and the information noise made it difficult for reliable information to break through.
In addition, when writing about increases, it was often not explained that it was not about electricity prices in general (market prices), as they generally show a downward trend, but only about frozen prices, i.e. a certain pool of cheap energy allocated to households.
This gave room for manipulation – threatening with a significant increase in the costs of heating a house with an electric heat pump, although unfreezing prices could not have had a major impact on this. The pool of cheap energy was too small to take into account the operation of the heat pump, so the costs of its operation mostly resulted from real, market prices, not frozen ones. Another disinformation is the scale of the increases, especially in relation to natural gas. The planned increase in gas prices was rarely written about, and forecasts were lowered – emphasize PORT PC experts.
Now, after the decision of the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, everything is clear. So what will the situation look like in the months after July 1, 2024?
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We can say with satisfaction that the situation is much more favorable for heat pumps. In 2024, their competitiveness in terms of operating costs is clearly improving.
Due to the decline in market prices of electricity, heat pump users using the G12w zone tariff have already gained a real reduction in the costs of this energy by approximately 10% from the beginning of 2024. It is worth emphasizing that this is mainly due to declines in energy prices on the stock exchange.
Unfortunately, over the last two years, the government has not noticed this group of recipients, even though they bore the greatest costs of the energy crisis caused by Russia's attack on Ukraine. However, there are symptoms of a change in approach. After July 1, 2024, heat pump users can count on another price reduction (together with distribution), also by 10% – note PORT PC experts.
The Act on the temporary limitation of energy, natural gas and district heating prices, which entered into force on July 1, 2024, extends the freezing of electricity prices for households until the end of 2024 and at the same time increases the level of these prices.
However, it abolishes the limits on the consumption of cheaper energy, thanks to which all energy used in houses equipped with heat pumps will be calculated at frozen prices, lower than market prices. This is good news for heat pump users. The abolition of the limits means that despite the increase in frozen energy prices and distribution fees, they will pay another 10% less for heating with a heat pump, regardless of the choice of distribution tariff – emphasize PORT PC experts.
At the same time, our government has decided to partially make natural gas prices more realistic – the prices of this fuel will increase more than expected (on average by approx. 19%) and the rates for its distribution, and the average increase in bills for heating a house with a gas boiler, taking into account VAT, will amount to approx. 22 %.
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How much will we pay for heating a house with an area of 150 m2 in the 3rd quarter of 2024?
According to cost simulation calculations made by PORT PC, the lowest home heating bills will be paid by owners of ground heat pumps with underfloor heating installations.
Summary of the costs of heating and preparing hot water (for 4 people) in a single-family building with a heated area of 150 m2, thermally modernized to the WT 2017 standard – Q3 2024. Source: PORT PC
The highest, traditionally – owners of electric boilers and fuel oil boilers. The costs of heating your home with natural gas have increased.
The differences in the costs of heating a house with a heat pump and a gas condensing boiler now range, after the change in electricity and natural gas prices, from 30% to even over 50% in the case of underfloor heating, which is already a standard in new single-family houses. Heat pumps clearly benefited from the change in prices, notes Paweł Lachman, president of PORT PC.
Summary of the costs of heating and preparing hot water (for 4 people) in a new single-family building with a heated area of 150 m2, meeting the minimum requirements of the Technical Conditions WT 2021 – Q3 2024. Source: PORT PC
In its calculations, PORT PC took into account new electricity tariffs, using the example of average prices in the weekend, two-band G12w tariff, and the new gas tariff for the second half of 2024 approved by the President of the Energy Regulatory Office.
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As Paweł Lachman emphasizes – Currently, many buildings in Poland have, unfortunately, a much worse energy standard than the one we used for calculations (WT 2017), so it is important to consider their optimal thermal modernization when replacing the heat source. One that will reduce heat losses and protect building owners from high heating costs. From 2023, you can obtain much larger subsidies under the Clean Air program for this type of investment.
Summary of the costs of heating and preparing hot water (for 4 people) in a new single-family building with a heated area of 150 m2, meeting the conditions of the sustainable financing taxonomy and the "Moje Ciepło" subsidy program – Q3 2024. Source: PORT PC
The average cost of coal (coal pellets) was assumed to be PLN 1,300 per tonne, and for wood pellets – PLN 1,300 per tonne. In the case of electricity, fixed costs were not taken into account because electrical installation is standard in every building and they have to be incurred anyway.
Heating your house with a heat pump. How much will we pay after July 1, 2024?
In the case of ground heat pumps, the annual cost of heating a 150-meter house ( decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard ) in the third quarter of 2024 will range from approximately PLN 3,400 for underfloor heating systems to PLN 4,200 for radiator installations.
The cost of heating such a house with an air-water heat pump , without taking into account the photovoltaic installation, should be in the range of PLN 4,000 to PLN 5,000. PLN per year, in the third quarter of 2024
Heating your house with pellets. How much will we pay after July 1, 2024?
The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using a wood pellet boiler will amount to approximately PLN 5.5 thousand. PLN in the third quarter of 2024
Heating the house with wood. How much will we pay after July 1, 2024?
The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using a wood boiler will range from PLN 4,670 to approximately PLN 6,100 in the third quarter of 2024. The amount of wood heating costs is dictated by the type and efficiency. boiler, i.e. the operating efficiency of such a heating device,
Heating the house with coal and eco-pea coal. How much will we pay after July 1, 2024?
The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using coal and eco-pea coal furnaces will amount to PLN 4,890 in the third quarter of 2024.
Home heating with natural gas and propane. How much will we pay after July 1, 2024?
The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using natural gas boilers and radiators will amount to PLN 7,060 in the third quarter of 2024.
However, users of condensing natural gas boilers with underfloor heating will spend less on this purpose, approximately PLN 6,830,000. PLN per year in the third quarter of 2024
A big surprise is the decrease in the annual costs of heating with a propane boiler, which will amount to PLN 6,230 in the third quarter of 2024.
Heating your house with fuel oil. How much will we pay after July 1, 2024?
Owners of houses heated with fuel oil have no reason to be happy. The annual cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using fuel oil boilers will amount to PLN 9,470 in the third quarter of 2024.
Heating the house with electricity. How much will we pay after July 1, 2024?
The highest heating costs this year will be borne by owners who use various types of electric furnaces for heating. the estimated cost of heating a 150-meter house (decently insulated, according to the Technical Conditions 2017 standard) using fuel oil boilers will amount to PLN 12,620 in the third quarter of 2024.
