British Gas aims at replacing gas boilers with heat pumps, adding also that it will price match any offer by a rival company for accredited installations. This "price war" among suppliers can help bring down the costs of heat pump installations which are heavily affecting households.
Post date: 8 Feb 2023
Type: News
As part of the plan to reach climate-neutrality by 2030, the UK is going to replace 1.7 million gas boilers a year until 2030. The government has announced a scheme to help households to upgrade the energy efficiency of their homes before installing heat pumps. In fact, heat pumps are a fundamental part of the changes required, but they increase the electricity demand, and higher overall energy consumption means more renewable energy is needed for decarbonisation.
Post date: 19 Jan 2023
Type: News
Residents of flats with communal heating systems are challanged by the high energy prices and there might be a possibility for them to sue their network operators for heating and hot water. On the other hand, households with conventional heating systems are covered by the price cap on bills.
Post date: 19 Jan 2023
Type: News
Professor Zhibin Yu from University of Glasgow has found a solution to recover the waste heat of heat pumps and divert it to resolve the frosting problem, improving the heat pump´s overall performance. The main point is that heat pumps, instead of just genereting heat, they can also capture it and spread it all over the house.
Post date: 18 Jan 2023
Type: Publication
The city of Poznań in Poland has been involved in different projects to tackle air pollution and decarbonise heating. For example, through the partnership with Veolia which was aimed at designing an energy transition and clean air strategy, the have facilitated the connection to district heating networks and transformed the network by shortening the connection period.
Post date: 17 Jan 2023
Type: Case
According to Finnish Heat Pump Association SULPU statistics, Finland has seen in 2022 an increase by 50% of selling of heat pumps. In particular, the number of air-to-air heat pumps was 160,000, whereas the number of air-to-water heat pumps sold was 19,000 but with an increase by almost 60%.
Post date: 17 Jan 2023
Type: News
Heat pumps are expected to become the most important and effective technology to decarbonise heating. The Regulatory Assistance Project, CLASP and the Global Buildings Performance Network have developed a heat pump policy toolkit which includes several tools and advices on how to use them. The toolkit is targeted at policymakers and advocates interested in the deployment of heat pumps.
Post date: 13 Jan 2023
Type: Publication
"Fjernvarme" (remote heat) is the name for district heating in Norway. It's a system where heat is produced centrally and distributed to buildings via a network of pipes, usually transported in the form of hot water. It represents one of the cheapest ways to heat your home, and it is indeed well-liked in Norway for many reasons.
Post date: 13 Jan 2023
Type: News
Investments in heat pumps in the US are becoming more and more appealing to customers who see their benefits in reducing energy consumption and thus energy bills. The deployment of heat pumps also help to reduce carbon emissions, thus reaching the climate and decarbonisation targets.
Post date: 13 Jan 2023
Type: News
The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has released a map showing the European countries that are banning or planning to ban fossil fuel heaters. Which are they?
Post date: 12 Jan 2023
Type: News