{"id":6690,"date":"2026-05-18T14:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/?post_type=heatpump_faqs&#038;p=6690"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:05:43","slug":"which-countries-are-required-to-use-r290-heat-pumps","status":"publish","type":"heatpump_faqs","link":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/heatpump_faqs\/which-countries-are-required-to-use-r290-heat-pumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Hvilke land er p\u00e5lagt \u00e5 bruke R290-varmepumper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6692 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/R290-map-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/R290-map-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/R290-map-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/R290-map.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>The EU as a whole has enforced the phase-out of high-GWP refrigerants (GWP &gt; 750) through the F\u2011Gas Regulation, making R290 the mainstream compliant option. The following countries\/regions have explicitly mandated or strongly promoted its use:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Germany, Netherlands, Sweden: Mandatory priority use of R290 in monobloc heat pumps, with subsidies tied to certification.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>France: Under RE2020 regulations, GWP must be \u2264 150, and R290 (GWP \u2248 3) is the only compliant natural refrigerant.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Denmark, Switzerland: Impose heavy taxes on HFCs and restrict charge volumes, mandating R290 in commercial and public buildings.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>UK, Italy, Spain: Implement unified EU standards, prohibiting high-GWP refrigerants in new heat pumps.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>North America (US \/ Canada): Driven by the SNAP program and carbon taxes, R290 is permitted in residential heat pumps \u2264 8kW, with California and other states enforcing low-GWP requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":6692,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[],"faqcat":[397],"class_list":["post-6690","heatpump_faqs","type-heatpump_faqs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","faqcat-heat-pump-faqs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/heatpump_faqs\/6690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/heatpump_faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/heatpump_faqs"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/heatpump_faqs\/6690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6690"},{"taxonomy":"faqcat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.china-heatpump.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqcat?post=6690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}