Labour's heat pump plans and a wind turbine at Glastonbury: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

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Octopus Energy's 'Gusty Spinfield' at Glastonbury Festival | Credit: Octopus
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Octopus Energy's 'Gusty Spinfield' at Glastonbury Festival | Credit: Octopus

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week

'Glastonbury's biggest fan' returns: Octopus Energy wind turbine back to power festival's food stands

Octopus Energy said temporary turbine can produce enough clean electricity to power 300 fridges

- by Amber Rolt

 

'UK first': E.ON plots district heating system for 6,500-homes in East London

E.ON and Lendlease to create low carbon energy network serving some 6,500 new homes and business propertie

- by Stuart Stone

 

Octopus Energy unveils new off-peak home heat pump tariff

Tariff could save a household with a heat pump £315 a year compared to using a gas boiler, Octopus claims

- by Amber Rolt

 

'We've got to show heat pumps are affordable': Labour promises revamped approach to decarbonising home heating

Ed Miliband hints at more incentive-led approach to tackling 'absolutely miserable' level of UK heat pump adoption, as he reiterates that no one will have to 'rip out their boiler'

- by James Murray (@james_bg)

 

North Sea: Poll finds split between young and old on UK oil and gas drilling

EXCLUSIVE: New polling finds voters are split on future of the UK oil and gas industry, but Labour remains more trusted than Tories to deliver on jobs and net zero

- by Michael Holder (@michaelholder)

 

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