The German government approves plans to ramp up renewable energy usage, requiring heating systems running on fossil fuel to be replaced by more climate neutral power sources, reports German press agency dpa.

The amendment is part of the Buildings Energy Act and is meant to put an end to fossil fuel supplies to the buildings sector.

”Without a swift turnaround for buildings’ heating systems, Germany won’t succeed in reaching its climate targets or lowering its dependence on fossil fuels,” the amendment reads, according to dpa.

House owners have expressed concern that the government would force them to make costly replacements of their oil and gas heating systems, and the portended switch to renewable heating systems has been a strife-ridden matter. According to the amendment proposal, however, existing heating systems are exempted from meeting the new requirements.

And if heating systems are broken beyond repair, transitional periods will be available.

Germany is aiming to completely ban the use of fossil fuels in heating systems by 2045.