Study: Insulation and heat pumps can deliver UK energy security more quickly than domestic gas fields

Cecilia Keating
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Study: Insulation and heat pumps can deliver UK energy security more quickly than domestic gas fields

Fresh analysis from ECIU think tank urges government to pursue energy security strategy that will best reduce households' vulnerability to volatile international gas market prices

A national heat pump and home insulation roll out would cut demand for Russian gas much more quickly than development of new gas fields in the North Sea, the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU)...

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