UK scheme to spur take-up of heat pumps delayed after gas lobby pressure

Mechanism is vital to boost the 'only viable option' to decarbonise emissions from heating homes, says green charityThe government has delayed by a year its scheme for spurring the take-up of heat pumps, under pressure from the gas boiler industry.The clean heat market mechanism is intended to force heating installers to fit more low-carbon heat pumps, to meet the UK's net zero greenhouse gas emissions target and save energy. Continue reading...