Last year, the government announced a £450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme - part of more than a £3.9bn package designed to cut carbon from heating and buildings. But just a third of the allocated funding has been used.
Through the scheme, households are given a grant to cover part of the cost of replacing fossil fuel heating systems - including oil, gas or electric - with a heat pump or biomass boiler.Ministers have previously said this will cut emissions and reduce the UK's dependency on fossil fuels, mitigating some of its exposure to global price spikes in gas.
While a replacement gas boiler can cost around £1,000 to £3,000, an air source heat pump can cost between £7,000 and £14,000.It uses electricity to do this, however, the quantity of heat delivered into your home is much greater than the quantity of electricity used to power the system. The heat is taken from the outside and used to warm a liquid refrigerant and turned into a gas. This gas is then transferred to your central heating system.Climate crisis: Tradition meets techThe House of Lord's Energy and Climate Committee said public awareness of low-carbon heating systems is very limited, and the promotion of the upgrade scheme has been"inadequate".
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