Short read. This is a ~300-word brief based on the full analysis at Househeating Pulse. For the interactive charts, brand-level data, and source tables, open the original.
Germany’s propane story looks less like a broad refrigerant migration and more like a portfolio decision made by a small set of large OEMs. The strongest signal in the underlying EPREL universe is still concentration: R290 appears in just 537 listings out of 16,443 declared refrigerant entries, or 3.26%, while R32 dominates at 13,935 listings and 84.75%. That means the “R290 is rising” headline can easily overstate how far the market has actually shifted.
The important constraint here is methodological: the corpus does not include a Germany-specific table that breaks R290 listings down by brand, so the country-level top-1/top-3/top-5 concentration for propane cannot be calculated reliably. What we can measure is the broader market structure that any German move sits inside. On EPREL model volume, Daikin Europe N.V. leads with 14,668 models (24.05%), followed by Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. at 5,575 (9.14%) and Johnson Controls Hitachi at 5,207 (8.54%). The top five brands together control 51.93% of all listed models, which is exactly the kind of asymmetry that can make a refrigerant transition look wider than it is.
That matters in Germany because policy rewards the chemistry choice directly. The BEG EM subsidy adds a 5-point bonus for natural refrigerants or ground/water source systems, on top of a 30% base rate, with support capped at 70% and eligible costs capped at €30,000. Against electricity at €0.3869/kWh and gas at €0.1223/kWh, refrigerant selection is a commercial variable, not just a compliance label.
The full post at https://househeating-pulse.com/articles/r290-share-advanced-in-germany-2026-brand-signals digs into what this means for buyers, channel strategy, and competitors. Read the full analysis with live data and the source tables behind the brand mix.
Househeating Pulse aggregates 60,000+ EPREL-registered heat-pump models across Europe — efficiency rankings, refrigerant trends, country-level installed prices and subsidies. Data from EPREL, Eurostat, NASA POWER. Full analysis at https://househeating-pulse.com/articles/r290-share-advanced-in-germany-2026-brand-signals.
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