Good Energy: Majority of oil-heated households open to installing greener technology

Stuart Stone
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Heat pumps popular with more than half of Brits let down by oil-boilers despite 'culture war' misinformation, study claims

The majority of residents in oil-heated homes are open to installing greener heat pump technologies, new research by Good Energy has suggested. According to a study by the renewable energy provider,...

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