Article 23 4.

physical incorporation of renewable energy or waste heat and cold in the energy sources and fuels supplied for heating and cooling;

the installation of highly efficient renewable heating and cooling systems in buildings, the connection of buildings to efficient district heating and cooling systems or the use of renewable energy or waste heat and cold in industrial heating and cooling processes;

measures covered by tradable certificates proving compliance with the obligation laid down in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, through support to installation measures under point (b) of this paragraph, carried out by another economic operator such as an independent renewable energy technology installer or an energy service company providing renewable energy installation services;

capacity building for national, regional and local authorities to map local renewable heating and cooling potential and plan, implement and advise on renewable energy projects and infrastructures;

the creation of risk mitigation frameworks to reduce the cost of capital for renewable heat and cooling and waste heat and cold projects, allowing for, inter alia, the bundling of smaller projects as well as linking such projects more holistically with other energy efficiency and building renovation measures;

the promotion of renewables heating and cooling purchase agreements for corporate and collective small consumers;

planned replacement schemes of fossil heating sources, heating systems that are not compatible with renewable sources or fossil phase-out schemes with milestones;

requirements at local and regional level concerning renewable heat planning, encompassing cooling;

the promotion of the production of biogas and its injection into the gas grid, instead of its use for electricity production;

measures promoting the integration of thermal energy storage technology in heating and cooling systems;

the promotion of renewable based district heating and cooling networks, in particular by renewable energy communities, including through regulatory measures, financing arrangements and support;

other policy measures, with an equivalent effect, including fiscal measures, support schemes or other financial incentives that contribute to the installation of renewable heating and cooling equipment and the development of energy networks supplying renewable energy for heating and cooling in buildings and industry.