'Spectacular growth': Europe's heat pump sales pass 20 million mark after record year

Stuart Stone
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Heat pumps now warm more than one-in-eight of Europe's commercial and residential buildings following another record-breaking year

The total number of heat pumps across Europe now stands at around 20 million, with the low carbon technology providing heating to around 16 per cent of the continent's residential and commercial buildings,...

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