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Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce: UK experts bid to overcome barriers to greener buildings
Taskforce includes members of the Green Finance Institute, the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings, and the Association for Decentralised Energy, among others
Race to decarbonise UK heat finally warms up
New research has illuminated some of the challenges the UK government faces as it works to decarbonise the UK's heating system
Good Energy to launch home heat pump tariff in UK first
Green energy supplier claims new flexible tariff will make it 'easy and affordable' for customers to transition away from gas boilers
CBI calls for 2025 gas boiler phase-out to keep net zero on track
Government feels the heat over yawning gap in UK gas decarbonisation policy from two major reports from the CBI and the Net Zero Infrastructure Commission
When it comes to low carbon heating, the government must up the ante
Energy efficiency measures work best when designed around new green heating systems such as heat pumps, argue IPPR's Jonathan Webb and Joshua Emden
UK risks going cold on heat decarbonisation, think tank warns
IPPR calculates that government has to date supported just two per cent of the heat pumps the UK needs to deploy to meet its net zero emissions goals
'From zero carbon heat laggard to leader': Green groups urge government to back heat pumps in recovery plans
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, CPRE and Possible propose 'cash for clunkers' scheme, and urge government to prioritise heat pumps over hydrogen in its green heating plans
Centrica throws weight behind UK heat electrification drive amid hydrogen cost fears
British Gas owner says UK should target one million heat pumps by 2025 as it fears hydrogen domestic heating may be a decade away
'Energy policy face palm': Heat pump firms call on government to rethink clean heat plans
Low Carbon Farming, Black Mountain and Zero Carbon Yorkshire have joined a campaign that calls on the government to revise its low carbon heat strategy to support the development of large-scale heat pumps, a sector they contend could help the UK drive...
Government reveals plans to accelerate low carbon heating rollout
Proposals to replace RHI include Clean Heat Grants of up to £4,000 for homes and business for heat pumps and other technologies
Legal & General snaps up stake in ground source heat pump firm Kensa Group
Financial giant acquires 36 per cent share in one of UK's largest green heating developers
Is smaller better? Large scale green tech 'not the best way' to reach net zero, study finds
Nuclear plants, CCS, and whole-building retrofits should not be prioritised over smaller cheaper alternatives, study argues, while acknowledging small scale technologies do not offer a panacea
Study: Electric cars and heat pumps lead to much lower CO2 emissions in most of the world
Study by universities of Exeter, Cambridge, and Nijmegen assessed lifecycle impact of electric cars and heat pumps on CO2 compared to fossil fuel equivalents
Welsh Government plots end to fossil fuel energy in all new homes by 2025
Proposals unveiled to boost energy efficiency standards for new homes in bid to cut CO2, reduce bills and tackle fuel poverty
City hall: London zero carbon building rules are delivering carbon cuts
EXCLUSIVE: Green building targets for the capital are driving developers to invest in low carbon homes and technologies, City Hall figures indicate
Labour pledges £250bn energy efficiency drive to 'bring the future into homes'
Policy to enhance energy efficiency of the UK's 27 million homes is the latest component of Labour's ambitious plans for a Green Industrial Revolution
Hydrogen: Hype, hope or horror?
The ADE's Tim Rotheray sounds a note of caution on the rush to embrace hydrogen for home heating
Are cracks already appearing in the Future Homes Standard?
Government has unveiled a bold plan to cut emissions from new homes - but having been burned once by a late U-turn, the green building and energy industries are skittish
New £120m low carbon greenhouse project set to deliver one in 10 UK tomatoes
Pension funds back world-leading green greenhouse project that will use waste heat to slash emissions by 75 per cent
Government sketches out blueprint for Future Homes Standard
Consultation sets out plans to reform building regulations and pave way for energy efficiency improvements and ban on fossil fuel heating systems in new homes from 2025
'B-Snug': Shell and PassivSystems launch smart home heating system
System designed to manage and monitor use of air source heat pumps in combination with householders' existing boiler aims to slash emissions
Warming up: Government eyes major electric heat pump trial across 750 homes
Project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale roll out of heat pumps in a representative range of UK homes, as new report warns fresh policy push is required
National Grid: 'Immediate action' required to ready UK energy system for Net Zero target
Reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century in the UK is 'possible' but will require radical changes to heating, transport, industry, and power sectors
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