Electric heaters have no timetable for delisting

EU ban on sale of electric water heaters in 2013

With the increasing number of international calls for energy conservation and emission reduction, there are more and more disputes over whether electric water heaters should be shut down. According to reports, in 2005, the EU took energy-saving emission reduction as the main reason, and issued the eco-design requirements for energy-saving products, namely the EuP directive. To this end, the EU has formulated a road map for the elimination of electric water heaters. In this roadmap, the electric heating method is directly eliminated; the solar water heater with auxiliary heating for heating, because the auxiliary heating efficiency is too low, will be eliminated after 2011; after 2013, only condensing gas water heaters, auxiliary heating with condensing gas water heaters Solar water heaters and air energy heaters allow sales. In other words, electric water heaters will be hard to find in the EU market after 2013.

In addition, it is understood that Australia has stipulated that newly purchased water heaters can only be solar energy, air energy and natural gas products, and prohibit the addition of electric water heaters. Japan, the United States and other countries are adopting financial subsidies to encourage the purchase of air-powered water heaters and indirectly promote the phase-out of electric water heaters.

"The elimination of high-energy electric water heaters and the promotion of energy-saving water heaters have become the consensus of the international community." Energy expert and professor Li Fan of the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences told the media that the energy-saving regulations and measures of various countries will have a great impact on China, especially It is the EU’s energy conservation and environmental protection measures that affect the entire world, and our country is destined to make relevant adjustments.

Electric water heaters are gloomy in our country’s policy prospects

According to reports, in June of last year, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a new round of energy-saving and people-friendly policies. The condensing gas water heaters, solar water heaters, and air source heat pump water heaters (machines) were all eligible for subsidies. Water heaters "out" in this subsidy.

The "China Water Heater Industry Technology Roadmap" released by the China Household Electrical Appliances Association in October last year predicts that the market share of electric water heaters will decline from 55% to 54% from 2012 to 2018, while energy consumption is only 1/4 of the electric energy of electric water heaters. The market share of water heaters will increase from 3% to 6%, with an annual growth rate of 17.3%.

The consumer electronics consumption network learned that the residents' ladder price system implemented nationwide from July 1 last year has increased awareness of energy conservation and environmental protection among the Chinese people. Consumers' electrical consumption habits have begun to change, and energy-saving appliances are increasingly sought after by consumers. Some businesses report that consumers used to pay attention to the price of electrical appliances in the past and now they directly ask for power consumption.

It is understood that the minimum electric water heater power is also up and down 2000 watts, a family of three bathed every day for half an hour, the power consumption every day should be about 1 degree, and some even up to 2 degrees. It is not uncommon for a monthly electricity bill of 50 yuan in winter. For the same family and season, gas water heaters use 0.5 cubic meters of gas per day, spend 26 yuan per month, and save 24 yuan. Moreover, the price difference between the two is also a few thousand dollars: most electric water heaters are between 2000 and 5,000 yuan, and gas water heaters are around 1,000 yuan.

Industry believes that electric water heaters will be delisted in the future

Electric water heaters will not be eliminated in the future? In this regard, China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute of large electric power Cai Ning predicted that electric water heaters still have a market in the short term, but in the long run, electric water heaters will gradually be replaced by other energy-saving products.

Wan Huixin Electric Brand Management Minister Li Huizhen said that in terms of the domestic market, in the short term, due to consumer habits and family room environment factors, electric water heaters still have a market, but in the long run, electric water heaters eventually Will be eliminated by the market. “Gas is a primary energy source, clean energy source, and the use of gas-fired water heaters and other gas-fired equipment can significantly ease the pressure on residential electricity and industrial electricity consumption.

Mr. Li Tao, Director of the Brand and Marketing Department of Wanjiale, also holds the same view as Wanhe: “Electric water heaters are only temporary products to meet the low-end consumer demand, and electric water heaters will gradually decline”. In an interview with the media, he also said that "simple new energy water heaters are subject to relatively large constraints, and future intelligent integrated energy products are more promising."

According to Jiang Liangyun, sales director of Beijing Haier Industry & Trade Co., Ltd., electric water heaters may withdraw from the historical stage within a few years. The future water heater market will be dominated by new energy water heaters, such as gas water heaters, solar water heaters, and air energy water heaters.

Electric water heaters have a market in our country

However, the energy-consuming electric water heaters will be eliminated despite the “difficult policy outlook”, but sales are still good. In the context of the overall sluggish demand for home appliances in 2012, it also achieved converse growth. Statistics show that in 2012, China's electric water heater market had sales of nearly 20 billion yuan, an increase of 10% over the same period of last year, and sales reached nearly 17 million units.

In this regard, Xu Dongsheng, general secretary of the China Household Electrical Appliances Association, pointed out that this is because electric water heaters are easy to install and are easy to use. The premise of the use of gas water heaters is to have gas pipelines, but the vast rural market and new urban properties cannot be guaranteed. In addition, gas water heaters can not be installed in the bathroom, their adjustment is not convenient. Solar water heaters and air energy water heaters also have installation requirements on the area of ​​the living room and the environment, which make many consumers unable to use it.

"China has its own national conditions in China. Given the constraints of the conditions of use, electric water heaters have not yet been issued a timetable for delisting in China," said Xu Dongsheng.