Study: UK heat pump deployment lagging behind European neighbours

James Murray
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Study: UK heat pump deployment lagging behind European neighbours

UK gas imports would be a fifth lower if UK had deployed heat pumps at same rate as Estonia, according to new ECIU analysis

The UK could slash its domestic gas use by nearly a third and cut its gas imports by almost a fifth if it had deployed heat pumps at the same rate as Estonia. That is the headline conclusion of a new...

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