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Heat pumps: How to speed up the switch to low-carbon home heating

The rollout of heat pumps and other green heating technologies is going far too slowly in the UK – here’s what’s needed to get it moving

By Madeleine Cuff

26 March 2024

An air source heat pump being installed outside a UK home

Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images

The following is an extract from our climate newsletter Fix the Planet. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month.

Swapping out polluting gas boilers for electric heating systems is one of the key milestones for achieving net-zero emissions and decarbonising the global climate. But progress to decarbonise heating, particularly in the UK, is worryingly slow.

Earlier this month, the National Audit Office…

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