To tackle an energy crisis, there are few better tools than a heat pump

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To tackle an energy crisis, there are few better tools than a heat pump

Nesta's Andrew Sissons charts how soaring gas prices are making the economics of heat pumps stack up

Amidst the turmoil in financial markets, it's easy to forget that the UK remains in an energy crisis, and that the exorbitant cost of gas is one of the main sources of our economic pain. With the government...

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