“The green course is right here at the threshold”, plans to ban the heating of firewood, briquettes and pellets

“The green course is right here at the threshold”, plans to ban the heating of firewood, briquettes and pellets
“The green course is right here at the threshold”, plans to ban the heating of firewood, briquettes and pellets
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Information has been published on the social media platform “X” that pellet heating will be prohibited for private houses. Tālis Linkaits, the former Minister of Transport, points to this fact:

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“The green course is already right at the threshold: plans to ban the heating of firewood, briquettes, pellets.”

On the other hand, “X” user Ervins Krauklis mentions that the published documents of the publication’s author Guntars indicate:

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“That firewood and briquettes will not be used either. Even in a rural area, even from willows and alders grown in the ground itself.”

The published document states that in the future there will be an obligation to use an efficient source of resourceful energy resources or emission-free heat supply technologies (technology that does not generate greenhouse gas emissions or air pollutant emissions in its operation, e.g.

heat pump, solar collectors), applying this requirement to new single-apartment houses or to the renovation process of such houses, if the heat supply system of such a house is also renovated.

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