Heat pumps are critical to net zero - but they urgently need policy support

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Delivering the UK's heat pump installation target requires urgent policy action and a clear strategy, explains Laura Bishop of the Ground-Source Heat Pump Association

At the Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA), we welcomed the Prime Minister's Ten Point Plan target for 600,000 UK heat pumps installations per year by 2028. But as the Climate Change Committee...

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