DECC doubles green heat funding for social landlords

Jessica Shankleman
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Nearly 50 social landlords secure £7m of funding to roll out heat pumps and biomass boilers to tenants across the UK

Social landlords are set to install nearly 2,400 renewable heat generators for their tenants, after the government more than doubled the amount of money available to bidding projects. The Department...

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