EdF buys heat pump maker CB Heating
The UK arm of nationalised French powerco EdF has bought full control of CB Heating, one of Britain’s leading manufacturers of air sourced heat...
Octopus allies with NG’s DNO to speed heat pumps & home EV charging
Octopus Energy and the National Grid’s distribution business NGED are cutting red tape in a bid to speed installation of low carbon technologies in...
Government ‘eases off’ on fines for installers missing heat pump goals; reports
Heat pump manufacturers look to have persuaded D-ESNZ to abandon what looked to become heavy cash penalties if they fail from this spring to...
Air source heat pumps 3 times more efficient than boilers, ESC finds
Air source heat pumps (ASHPs) already plumbed into Britain’s homes are heating them at efficiencies three times greater than conventional gas boilers, even in...
Government finds £1.5 billion more for heat pumps, breaks down £6 billion of efficiency...
Ministers today added £1.5 billion to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS), promoting electric pumps as gas' low carbon replacements for warmth.
In helping homes replace...
Hive & Daikin team up to integrate heat pumps with smart home tech
Advanced home technology provider Hive and heat pump maker Daikin have announced a long-term collaboration to make Net Zero easier by helping customers control...
Good Energy wades into row over EUA “lobbying to slow heat pumps“
A major all-renewables supplier has stepped into allegations that trade body the Energy & Utilities Alliance has been influencing ministers to delay Britain’s rollout...
Cutting out the carb(on)s: developer un-wastes energy at Derby low-carbon food cluster
Supported by waste-to-energy innovators Veolia, industrial estate developers SmartParc are lightening the carbon load by 30,000 tonnes a year for a revolutionary food-processing complex...
Heat pump boss greets government’s easing of installation curbs
A major entrant in Britain's heat pump market has welcomed the government’s intended easing of planning rules governing home installation of the low technology's...
Octopus and L&G pay a UK-best £70 million for stake in ground heat pump...
Octopus Energy’s generation arm is boosting Britain’s heat pump rollout by investing £70 million in Kensa Group, the country’s leading manufacturer and installer of...
Heat pumps bamboozle Brits, as misunderstandings & manipulations abound
Urban myths that refuse to die continue to slow heat pumps’ take-up in Britain’s homes, new research from supplier Good Energy has found.
Fully a...
Cheaper heat pumps: Octopus changes colour to RED in Craigavon
Despite a government target of 600,000 working units by 2028, pumps’ perceived high price and a shortage of trained fitters kept home installations as...
Triple pressure: Britain “may need 150k heat pump installers this decade, not 50k”
Meeting the government’s target for installing heat pumps may require up to three times the 50,000 technicians which Whitehall foresees, industry experts now estimate.
By...
BUS applications double, spurring home heat pump installs
Britain’s installation of heat pumps to replace fossil-fuelled boilers is at last showing signs of speeding up, bringing expressions of relief from suppliers today.
Now...
Low heat pump uptake slows progress on hydrogen & decarbing homes, watchdog finds
Government uncertainty over heat pumps and over hydrogen’s role in home heating is slowing adoption of the devices and infrastructure planning, a new National...
To replace, or not to replace? “What is government’s heat pump policy?”, asks utilities...
A trade body representing utilities firms has accused energy minister Lord Callanan of “chaos” in going against his own department’s policy over heat pumps...
Shoebox-sized solution offered by Kensa for ground sourced heat
A British heat pump maker is aiming to bring low carbon heat to hard-to-reach homes and even flats with its new shoebox-sized, networkable pump.
Twenty-five...
UKPN & Octopus partner to offer fuse instals with home heat pumps
A first re-fuse-al for homes fitting heat pumps to protect neighbourhood grids at the same time is the aim of a combined offer from...
Government goes cold on ‘hydrogen town’ pilot
Energy ministry D-ESNZ is turning down the heat under plans to run a town-scale pilot to heat homes by hydrogen alone this decade.
in December...
Highest home solar instals for seven years, says MCS watchdog
Domestic installations of on-roof solar electricity systems boomed last year to their highest peak since 2015, the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has reported.
Just over...