A net zero trial for hydrogen heating has been called off for one of two sites after protests and public resistance from homeowners, with a Minister citing that there is “no strong local support” for the project. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) said on Tuesday that a trial will no longer…

The UK’s electricity system operator has said that there needs to be greater adoption of heat pumps to reach net zero. According to its Future Energy Scenarios report released on Tuesday (pdf), National Grid ESO, the UK’s system operator said that current installation rates won’t meet the government’s heat pump target as well as a…

The UK government’s push for British households to replace their gas boilers with low-carbon heat pumps would cost taxpayers £115 billion ($150 billion), a new study has warned. The government’s three-year Boiler Upgrade Scheme came into force on April 1, which pays households £5,000 ($6,509) towards the roughly £18,000 ($23,400) bill of purchasing and installing…

You might overhear several pickup truck owners bragging about how their Ford or Chevy truck is better than all the rest. It might even be a Ram or Toyota owner. The odds that any of them will convince the other to change brands are remote. The same sort of debate has raged for years with…

Electric heat pumps, a key element of the UK government’s plan to reach its net-zero climate target, may not be able to “heat homes adequately” if the homes are not sufficiently insulated, a parliamentary committee has suggested. The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) projects that by 2050 all heating in British homes will be provided…

UK taxpayers will foot half of the bills for replacing gas boilers with heat pumps in households as the government announced new subsidies on Monday. From April 2022, those who wish to install low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps will have their installation costs slashed by £5,000 ($6,913) through a £450 million ($622 million)…