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- Healey’s budget cuts mean Britain is likely to miss green heating targets Fri, 30 Oct 26, 9:00pmEx-energy secretary Ed Miliband’s agenda appears undermined as money is diverted from renewables to defence
- Homes across UK to get low- or no-interest loans to fund solar panels and heat pumps Wed, 28 Oct 26, 4:28amGovernment-backed Warm Home Loans scheme to help households cut energy bills by hundreds of pounds
- ‘No one saves the planet if it hits their pocket’: UK heat pump installers fear planned subsidy cuts Tue, 27 Oct 26, 10:59pmBoiler upgrade scheme, which provides grants of up to £9,000 for sustainable alternatives, expected to be slashed in budget
- Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests Sun, 18 Oct 26, 5:00pmWarm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds
- Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending Mon, 12 Oct 26, 4:00pmExclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
- ‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action Sun, 11 Oct 26, 5:00pmTories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on hold
- The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes Thu, 1 Oct 26, 3:00pmThe Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pump
- Heat pump sales soar across Europe after states cut electricity taxes, data shows Mon, 28 Sep 26, 11:53pmEU to push members to cut tax rate below duty on gas, with 10%+ surge in sales also put down to fallout from Iran war
- Thursday briefing: What it will take for Britain to break up with natural gas Thu, 16 Apr 26, 3:46pmIn today’s newsletter: The economic fortunes of the UK are intertwined with the price of the costly fuel – so why are we so slow to ditch it?
- Record number of homes in Great Britain turn to green energy as fuel prices soar Sat, 11 Apr 26, 9:00pmIran war drives demand for solar panels, heat pumps and EVs, with energy bills expected to rise 18% from July
- Octopus reports sharp rise in solar panel sales since start of Iran war Thu, 26 Mar 26, 10:51pmFirm’s sales up 54% this month and Good Energy reports doubling of interest in solar after latest oil price shock
- Ministers delay new rules for low-carbon housing in England Tue, 24 Mar 26, 11:01amHomes built from March 2028 will produce 75% less greenhouse gas emissions than those built to 2013 standard
- Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate Thu, 26 Feb 26, 2:11amCoalition government agrees to remove parts of controversial law and allow homes to rely on fossil fuels
- Heat Pumps: Efficient on paper, complicated in reality Mon, 23 Feb 26, 1:00amHeat pumps are efficient machines, sure, but whether they actually contribute to an efficient, secure, and sustainable energy system depends on too many elements around them...
- Homes with air source heat pumps or solar panels for sale in England – in pictures Fri, 30 Jan 26, 6:00pmFrom a renovated Victorian village house in Hampshire to a new-build apartment in south London