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UK’s first low-carbon heating apprenticeship secures funding from Westminster
…installed low-carbon heating and/or rooftop solar during the first half of 2023. While these technologies are proving popular, research has revealed repeatedly that the upfront costs of heat pumps are…
Energy, water and waste: What does the National Infrastructure Assessment recommend for the UK’s green economy?
…currently use gas boilers. It urges the Government to come forward with a plan to switch eight million additional buildings to low-carbon heating by 2035 – mainly heat pumps but…
Mixed messaging: UK primed for heat pump rollback after incentivising home solar and batteries
…requirements for landlords and broader heat pump targets. Sunak is reportedly set to axe a target for 600,000 heat pumps to be installed each year by 2028. For context, 55,000…
UK gas imports set to rise if heat pump targets weakened, study finds
Without the implementation of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism, designed to promote the adoption of electric heat pumps, the UK may face a 19% increase in gas imports by 2035,…
Scotland outlines plans to end fossil-fuelled building heating by 2045
…heat pumps, electric storage heaters or heat networks,” the Government said in a statement, adding that other technologies may also fall under proposed laws. Heat networks will be encouraged as…
Scotland set to ban gas boilers from new buildings next year
…that there will be some emissions resulting from natural gas combustion. Instead, buildings will either need to be fitted with heat pumps or connected to low-carbon district heating networks. Scotland’s…
Businesses urge UK Government not to lower its heat pump ambitions
…the CHMM, manufacturers and suppliers of building heating systems will be required to ensure that heat pumps make up 4% of sales in the year April 2024-25. Then, from April…
UK struggling to get hydrogen home heating trials off the ground
…of what decisions are made for the end-use of hydrogen, current progress to roll out electric heat pumps and connected heat networks is far too slow. Last week, the Energy…
Ship-based carbon capture and microwave EV range boosters: The best green innovations of February 2024
…be used to heat water in thermal tanks for storage, load shifting, or to run water-sourced and hybrid heat pumps. Alternatively, the hot water can be used directly – for…
Boiler Upgrade Scheme gets £1.5bn boost in bid to ease heat pump transition
The UK Government has almost quadrupled funding available through its Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which provides homes with grants to switch from fossil fuel heating to heat pumps….
Timeline: What’s included in the IEA’s new Net-Zero Roadmap for energy?
…rate of renewable energy capacity additions has tripled within a decade Heat pumps provide around 35% of global heating demand; 290 million dwellings have them fitted Electric vehicles account for…
British beverage manufacturing sites forge ahead with low-carbon heating innovations
…to reach net-zero in these scopes by 2030. The funding will be used to replace gas-fired heating with heat pumps and to procure renewable electricity to power the new heating…
Energy and net-zero buildings: The burning question
…through energy cost savings, to deliver long-term energy cost reductions. These measures have seen increasing use of heat pumps, solar panels, biomass, battery energy storage, de-steaming, hydrogen-ready combustion plants, intelligent…
New Skidmore report makes case for UK-wide ‘Retrofit Mission’
…buildings to be served with low-carbon heat by 2035. Looking beyond this point, 80% of all homes should use heat pumps by 2040 and gas cooking should be phased out…
The Africa Climate Summit and Asda’s innovative low-impact salads: The sustainability success stories of the week
…have been fitted with heat pumps that will be served by a district heating network. The initial phase of the network, which will serve some 3,000 buildings, will supply energy…
Bouygues Energies & Services: Award winning renewable energy and clean heat network
…large-scale solar farm, the Swaffham Prior Heat Network scheme provides low-carbon, affordable and 100% renewable heat and hot water for the village. The project utilised cutting-edge heat pump technology, capable…
Whitbread opens its first all-electric Premier Inn hotel
…space heating through keeping heat exchange with the outside to a minimum. The hotel uses natural sunlight, heat generated as a by-product by electrical equipment, mechanical ventilation with passive heat…
‘A wake-up call for Ministers’: UK’s green economy reacts to new CCC net-zero progress report
…example, the CCC is warning that climate stress tests for new oil and gas fields remain insufficient. The report also outlines gaps in plans to plant trees, deploy heat pumps…
CCC Progress Report: Are any UK sectors on track to meet net-zero?
…to decarbonise heat. The report found that the UK installed 72,000 new heat pumps in 2022, 69,000 of which were installed in homes – 40,000 of which were retrofits. However,…
Biomass Strategy: UK Government affirms role of BECCs in meeting net-zero emissions
…As for heating, the Strategy claims that biomass can have a role in heating in certain properties such as off-gas grid homes that are not readily suitable for heat pumps….
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