'Major leaps forward': Octopus launches heat pump as cheap as a gas boiler

Stuart Stone
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A 'serious breakthrough' has allowed Octopus Energy to offer customers heat pumps at a similar price to gas boilers, it claims

Buying and installing Octopus Energy's latest heat pump could cost as little as £2,500 when government grants are applied, following what the firm's chief executive has labelled "a serious breakthrough"....

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