How energy prices are driving demand for solar panels and heat pumps

Press quote (The New York Times)
08 May 2026

“Households are now seeing that they are only one Trump-ignited war away from very expensive tank refueling or heating bills,” said Elisabetta Cornago, an energy and climate policy expert at the Centre for European Reform.

This “shock-awareness factor” means that demand for electric vehicles, heat pumps and solar panels is likely to keep rising, she said.