UK Sets New Records for Heat Pump and Solar Panel Installations
The UK is experiencing a surge in the adoption of renewable energy technologies, with a significant rise in heat pump and solar panel installations compared to previous years.
Heat Pumps
Government will not delay proposals to replace gas boilers with heat pumps
The Government does not plan to delay its proposals to phase out gas boilers in homes and replace them with heat pumps.
Over 80% of UK households that have switched from gas to a heat pump ‘satisfied with system’
Results from the first major survey of heat pump users shows that over 80% of households that have switched from a gas boiler to an electric heat pump are happy with their new heating system.
Octopus Energy launches heat pump as cheap as a gas boiler as battle with British Gas intensifies
Octopus Energy has announced that they are launching a heat pump the same price or cheaper than a typical gas boiler as a price war with rival British Gas intensifies.
Redrow Homes to fit air-source heat pumps in all new detached properties
One of Britain’s biggest housebuilders will scrap gas boilers in all detached houses that it builds and will fit air-source heat pumps instead.
Three times as many heat pump engineers needed to hit net zero targets, industry warns
National targets for replacing gas boilers in the push to net zero are based on unrealistic assumptions about the number of installers required, a trade group has warned.
British Gas offer lowest price guarantee to drive demand for heat pumps
British Gas has kicked off a price war for heat pumps as the drive to replace gas boilers gathers pace.
Brits need more information for heat pump roll-out, says energy specialist
Brits need to be shown more details about heat pumps and their potential cost-saving benefits if they are going to replace gas boilers at scale, suggests a leading energy specialist.
Octopus Energy partners with Halifax for low-cost heat pump plan
The UK energy supplier will work with the bank to provide a streamlined heat pump funding service that will offer an additional £1,000 discount on top of government low carbon funding
‘State of the art’ heat pump training site to open in Essex next year
A new heat pump training centre set to open in Essex in 2023 aims to create 2,000 additional installers each year.