How can policy intervention add an extra boost to the UK’s growing heat pump...

The heating industry is at a crossroads with a period of exciting policy led growth for heat pumps on the horizon. However, with the...

Pure hydrogen commercial boiler used in industrial scale demonstration

In what is claimed to be a first, Baxi and H2GO Power have today announced an industrial scale demonstration to deliver their unique carbon...

Veolia use latest pipe relining innovation to maintain district heating in Sheffield

In a first for the UK, Veolia is using the latest carbon lining pipe technology for maintaining the integrity of the heat distribution system...

The hidden cost of data

Data underpins every aspect of modern life, with more information generated now than ever before. Keeping data centres cool is crucial for their safe...

Swifter action needed to speed up the introduction of hydrogen for home heating

The managing director of Baxi UK & Ireland has called for swifter measures to speed up the introduction of hydrogen in order to decarbonise...

WPD pledges same day or next day hook-up of home heat pumps and EV...

Britain’s biggest DSO today committed itself to 48 hour maximum connection approvals of home heat pumps or EV chargers. Starting from 18 October, most applications...

Would you Adam’n’Eve it? East London to get Britain’s ‘biggest’ heat network

Four boroughs straddling the Thames in London’s East End are set to benefit from a district heat network of up to 500,000 homes by...

SSE pots a deal to Stoke up UK’s first geothermal heat network

Britain’s first city heat network powered by hot rocks welcomed SSE into its kiln of Kilowatts today. IGas told investors it has signed a 12...

Hydrogen ‘safe’ in 20% blends over Keele’s pipes, trial decides

Advocates of hydrogen blended with conventional ‘natural’ gas to lessen harms from the methane-dependent fluid, were today celebrating the success of Britain’s first test...

50,200 heat pump installers needed by 2030.  So let’s train them, say trade group.

Industry body the Heat Pump Association has this week launched a mass drive to train up installers needed to bring the low carbon technology...

“Expensive” insulation means one-third of UK homeowners refuse to plug Europe’s leakiest homes: PWC

Payback lags averaging ten years on the builders’ bills needed to improve Europe’s leakiest homes are putting the Johnson government’s 2050 Net Zero goal...

Government pledges £44 m for green heat networks for homes & public buildings

Energy ministry Beis has unveiled plans to decarbonise Britain’s homes and public buildings, releasing £44 million to trial low-carbon heat networks, heat pumps and...

COVID-19 has caused a 14% increase in home daytime heating

A new study from tado° has found that UK homes had their daytime heating on 14% more this winter in comparison to the previous...

Getting heat billing right

Fairly and accurately charging for heat has always been a problem to solve cheaply and easily when addressing the retrofit of existing properties. Ista’s...

UK household waste can pave way to a green bioLPG future

A new report released by Liquid Gas UK (LGUK), the trade association for the LPG industry in the UK, outlines how a green future...

Baxi Heating commits to net zero operations by 2030

Baxi Heating UK and Ireland, part of BDR Thermea Group, commits to net zero operations by 2030 and to manufacturing products that only use...

Viridor and Vattenfall collaborate to harness low carbon heat for UK cities

Vattenfall will work with recycling and energy recovery company, Viridor, to capture heat from Viridor’s energy recovery facilities (ERFs) across the UK. Heating in...

Government proposes amendments to heat metering and billing

The government proposes amendments to heat metering and billing, its response sets out the new requirements for heat suppliers, and the changes made to the...

Muntons to decarbonise 100 GWh of heat demand each year

AMP Clean Energy is to install, own and operate a £16.5 million low carbon energy centre for leading malt product manufacturer and distributor, Muntons –...
CarbonTrustHeatPumsLondonreport

Heat pumps, energy efficiency and DSR ‘critical’ to decarbonise London

If London is to stand a chance become a net zero emissions city within a decade, mass deployment and funding of heat pumps will...