Heat pumps, solar and wind could cut EU gas use by a quarter and blunt a next energy shock, a study finds.

Petra Pavlovičová   EUobserver28 July 2026
Hitting EU targets for heat pumps, solar and wind could slash gas demand by roughly a quarter by 2030 — a saving twice the size of the LNG volumes Qatar could potentially supply to Europe by then, according to new analysis by the think-tank Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.