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- Grants, loans and ‘innovative finance’ will fund green technology, with insulation no longer the main objective
- Government opts against phasing out new boilers by 2035 in effort to cut energy bills by as much as £1,000 a year
- Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England Fri, 2 Jan 26, 5:00pmExclusive: Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills
- Gas Boiler Owners “Will Subsidise Heat Pump Users” With New Levy Under Ed Miliband’s £15 Billion Energy Plans Thu, 1 Jan 26, 9:00pmGas boiler owners could face a £30 green levy on their energy bills to subsidise heat pump owners under plans reportedly being considered by Ed Miliband...
- Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows Wed, 19 Nov 25, 5:00pmAnalysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage
- Scrapping green subsidies is short-termist sabotage – and as usual the consumer will pay | Camilla Born Sat, 15 Nov 25, 4:53amWeaning ourselves off gas is the only way to reduce energy bills long term. Cutting support for this is exactly the ‘sticking-plaster politics’ Labour promised to end
- Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan Fri, 14 Nov 25, 3:59amExclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
- Biomethane not viable for widespread use in UK home heating, report finds Tue, 30 Sep 25, 3:00pmGas derived from farm waste can meet only 18% of current gas demand by 2050, despite claims of fossil fuel lobbyists, study finds
- Heat pumps could halve heating bills with energy system reform, study finds Thu, 28 Aug 25, 6:03pmSteps to make electricity cheaper, such as ending levies, could transform prospects for pumps, thinktank shows
- Overheated homes: why UK housing is dangerously unprepared for impact of climate crisis Mon, 11 Aug 25, 4:00amBuilding rules have been focused on keeping warm in winter and saving on energy bills, not cooling down
- Cool Britannia: the heat pumps keeping pace with the UK’s wild weather Sat, 9 Aug 25, 4:00pmAir-to-air systems can warm homes in winter and cool them in summer – and they’re now set to join the low-carbon grant scheme
- Planet Saved, Family Hospitalized: A Heat Pump Love Story Sat, 12 Jul 25, 11:00pmThe real comedy here isn’t in the cartoon—it’s in the fact that the same central planners who claim to be saving us from certain doom are so colossally incompetent they’re introducing killer germs into our homes.
- BBC Celebrates Sales of Heat Pumps Rising From Near Zero to Near Zero! Thu, 26 Jun 25, 7:00pmIt would take 650 years to get every home in the country fitted with a heat pump at that rate!
- High electricity bill taxes holding us back, say industry groups Mon, 2 Jun 25, 3:00pmMake UK tells government that prices threaten to derail industrial strategy as Energy UK calls for charges to be ‘rebalanced’
- ‘They dictate the rules’: BBC tells PM’s Evan Davis to stop hosting heat pump podcast Wed, 23 Apr 25, 2:55amPresenter believes decision was taken due to the technology’s link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political bias