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...
WPD commits to easy hook-up for home microgenerators
Midlanders, Welsh folk and South Westerners who’ve turned their homes into solar-equipped mini-power stations got renewed backing from Western Power Distribution today.
Fresh from announcing...
Industrial heat pumpers Futraheat raise glass to £1.5 million, eye up brewery trial
London-based industrial clean heat start-up Futraheat has closed a £1.5 million investment round led by green investors Clean Growth Fund. A brewery trial of...
WPD boosts vision for low carbon heat
Western Power Distribution is pushing ahead with its RIIO-ED2 investment plans in what it claims is its most ambitious plan yet to connect households...
Geothermals on, as Green Heat Network Fund digs deep to hand out first of...
Britain’s biggest system drawing heat from deep rock formations to warm up to 4,000 homes cheaply is one of seven innovative projects receiving government...
Upgrade already needed for Johnson’s April boiler upgrade scheme, installers report
Response continues to run cold to the government’s £450 million drive to upgrade boilers to biomass working in Britain’s homes or install heat pumps,...
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...
WPD claims lead among DNOs with UK’s first “connectability pledge”
Britain’s grid operator serving the Midlands and Wales reckons it’s getting ahead of a major regulatory change in how DNOs charge for installing low-carbon...
EDF helps customers move to heat pumps
EDF has announced two new innovative projects that are designed to support customers transitioning to heat pumps. Both projects are supported by the Department...
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.
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GreenGO to speed up mass insulation & clean heat, IPPR urges
A massive acceleration of home insulation and low-carbon heat launched by government could be saving bill payers up to £500 a year as soon...
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...