Due to increasingly stringent European efficiency regulations, and The desire of homeowners and businesses to save on utility bills while reducing their carbon footprint has driven the need for more energy-efficient water heaters. Due to its excellent insulation performance, the polyurethane heat insulation material can prolong the service life of the water heater during use and meet the requirements of European energy standards. The water heater market concentration is mainly concentrated in European countries such as Germany, Italy, France, etc., due to the high proportion of cities, relatively lower temperature than other countries, and higher income levels. The main participating companies are Smith, Bosch, Nautiz, General Electric and so on.
Figure 1 European water heater categories and their market share
In the European market, the proportion of instant electric water heaters is 13%. , 6% higher than the 6% of instant gas water heaters, which is a little more than double. This may be because there are still a large number of rural areas in Western Europe, without gas pipeline networks, and heating solutions are solved with fuel oil, biomass, propane, etc. However, hot water is relatively expensive to use these energy sources, so a considerable proportion will use instant electric water heaters to solve the problem of hot water. It can also be seen that there is also a potential demand for gas pipelines in underdeveloped areas in Europe .
Polyurethane rigid foam combination refers to End users can directly use it to produce the required polyurethane materials, including material A (also known as white material) and material B (black material). A material (white material) mainly refers to the mixture composed of rigid foam polyether, aromatic polyester, catalyst and other small materials, foaming agent and other components, also known as combined polyether; B material (black material) is mainly polymerized MDI. Combination polyether is a special type of extremely strong product developed to meet the needs of the market in the past ten years. It is processed through secondary compounding. According to the application field, combined polyether can be divided into combined polyether for refrigerator freezer, cold storage building combined polyether, building board combined polyether, pipe insulation combined polyether, spraying combined polyether, electric water heater combined polyether, Solar combination polyether, etc.
Figure 2 Other products exported from China to Europe from January to May 2023 Shape of polyether polyol (t)
2023year From January to May, China’s exports of polyether polyols of other shapes to Europe totaled 72,717 tons, and each month achieved a year-on-year increase. Among them, exports in January increased by 163.4% year-on-year. In recent years, Europe has also continuously introduced more stringent energy efficiency regulations, prompting countries to increase energy research. As the largest economy in Europe, Germany will invest nearly 1.5 billion euros in energy research and development in 2022, and its expenditure on energy research will increase by 13% year-on-year. The thermal insulation properties of polyurethane materials provide solutions for energy saving and efficiency enhancement. With the continuous development of the European water heater market, the demand for polyurethane thermal insulation materials will also increase.With a further increase, polyurethane raw materials will usher in an increase in the future.
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