heat pumps
24 Apr 2023
Rural households are being blocked from making net zero upgrades to their homes
The Telegraph reports households are being blocked from making net zero upgrades to their homes due to lack of electricity supply, the energy watchdog has warned Residents of rural villages have been...
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27 Mar 2023
Most rural homes can’t afford heat pumps as boiler ban looms
The Telegraph reports that more than two-thirds of people living in off-grid rural homes fear they would not be able to afford a heat pump if required to install one,...
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27 Feb 2023
The challenge of rural decarbonisation
Jill Starley-Grainger from elemental details how switching to cleaner forms of energy presents unique challenges for those who live off the gas grid in rural areas. Part of this article can...
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27 Feb 2023
One-third of UK funding for insulation and heat pumps remains unspent
The Guardian reports that a third of the funding pledged by the UK government for insulation and installing heat pumps has not yet been spent, analysis has shown, despite the...
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05 Dec 2022
Millions of rural households will be forced to spend £13k on heat pumps
The Telegraph reports that rural homeowners could be forced to spend £13,000 on controversial heat pumps as “net zero” rules cause traditional oil heating systems to be banned Government plans...
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01 Aug 2022
Why heat pumps sum up all that is wrong with ‘net zero’
The Telegraph reports how strict planning could force households to buy heat pumps even if they do not want them They were intended to be the silver bullet that meant...
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06 Jun 2022
Concern rise for rural homes not ready for heat pumps
The Argus reports that a new survey reveals that just one in five oil-heated homes are currently ready for a heat pump The survey of 229 heating technicians was carried...
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15 Nov 2021
Rural Lens Review of Heat and Buildings Strategy
Published on 19th October, the Governments Heat and Buildings Strategy sets out its plan to significantly cut carbon emissions from the UK’s 30 million homes and workplaces in a simple,...
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25 Oct 2021
Heat pump grants worth £5,000 to replace gas boilers not enough
The BBC report how experts have criticised plans to subsidise low-carbon heat pumps in place of gas boilers for homeowners in England and Wales from next April Households will be...
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25 Oct 2021
UK bioenergy industry responds to Heat and Buildings Strategy’s exclusion of rural communities
Sustainable publication Bioenergy Insight reports that the UK’s biomass heat industry has urged the government to stop ignoring and excluding rural off-grid communities in heat decarbonisation plans The UK Pellet...
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