Study: 'All-electric' homes put less pressure on electricity grid than feared

Stuart Stone
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Homes equipped with heat pumps and solar panels in line with imminent Future Homes Standard use less energy than expected, new analysis finds

New "all-electric" homes featuring clean technologies, such as heat pumps and solar panels, put less pressure on the electricity grid than previously expected. That is the encouraging conclusion of...

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