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We will no doubt muddle through again, but nobody in the media seems to be pointing to the elephant in the room; the fact that demand for electricity will start to rise rapidly as we transition to heat pumps and EVs.

Green heating has an image problem, especially where climate-sceptic parties hold sway. Now energy groups are promoting them on grounds of cost, status and energy security

Behaviour experts say misinformation shared in media and by other stakeholders is impeding uptake

From a futuristic home in London to a barn conversion in the heart of the country

The Sutton Dwellings estate in London may offer councils a ‘blueprint’ for ground source heating

Westminster plan for UK’s biggest heat network could involve parliament warmed by waste and low-carbon heat

Trying to get some redress from green energy installers when things go wrong is a long, hard slog

Bring in ‘future homes standard’ or leave families at risk of higher bills and emissions for decades, MPs and experts say

Bring in ‘future homes standard’ or leave families at risk of higher bills and emissions for decades, MPs and experts say

Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quickly

Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than Ulez

Adam Halawi says the high quotes he got to install a heat pump made it much more expensive than a boiler, despite a higher government grant

Tim Bradley says heat pumps are used extensively where he lives and wonders why they are so expensive in the UK

Just 765,000 heat pumps were sold in 2024 across the 13 European countries that represent 80% of the market, the European Heat Pump Association said.

After 250,000 installations across the UK, we look at the devices central to Labour’s vision of a ‘home upgrade revolution’