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Government invests in ramping up heat pump production and aims to make them ‘as cheap to buy and run as fossil fuel boilers’

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Mixed response to ‘Green Day’ heat pump roll out announcements

The announcement of the Government’s ‘Energy Security Day’ growth plan, entitled ‘Powering Up Britain’, sets out the actions being taking to improve the UK’s energy security and stay on track for Net Zero and includes several initiatives designed to accelerate the rollout of heat pump systems across the UK.
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Interview

Day in the life…. GSHPA’s chair Laura Bishop   

Laura Bishop, a well-known figure in the heat pump sector, is a welcome addition to our ‘Day in the life’ segment. Laura is chair at the Ground Source Heat Pump Association, founder and MD at Infinitas Design, and was recently crowned ‘Woman of the Year’ at the National ACR and Heat Pump Awards.  
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Further Reading

Government launches online heat pump installer guide.

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Have your say on heat pump DNO notifications

As the heat pump market matures, a significant increase in heat pump deployment is anticipated, meaning that the demand on the network will also rise. It is vital that network operators have visibility of where heat pump units are connected, to effectively manage the low voltage network to maintain a secure supply.
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Heat pump month events

Facilitated by Low Carbon Homes, there are a number of events taking place throughout June and July. Each event is hosted by influential partners and guided by an advisory board of stakeholder representatives to determine event outputs and programme content in order to support the next steps of scaling up heat decarbonisation, locally.
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Opinion

Heat pump industry: GHG can’t be turned off like a tap

Whilst the Green Homes Grant has come in for a great deal of criticism, and has struggled to attract installers, partly because of the terms and conditions, and partly because of the apparent failings in its administration, the scheme has successfully raised consumer awareness of heat pump technology to a level that no other intervention to date has achieved.
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Opinion

A resounding welcome for the Sixth Carbon Budget

December brought us the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) Sixth Carbon Budget, which calls for a 78% reduction in emissions between 1990 and 2035. It also sets out the world’s first pathway to a fully decarbonised economy, tackling all sectors, with a specific target for a building emissions reduction of 45%-65% by 2035.
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News

What does the solid fuel ban mean for renewables?

In February, the government broadcast that the sale of the most polluting fuels burned in household stoves and open fires will be phased out in England from 2021, in order to clean up the air.  
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