Just 1.48 heat pumps were installed per 1000 UK households in 2021, despite the devices being seen as a key way to replace gas boilers and reduce emissions
The UK had the worst track record in Europe last year for the installation of heat pumps, a technology viewed by many experts as essential for eliminating the carbon emissions produced by heating homes.
Just 1.48 heat pumps were installed per 1000 households in the UK across 2021. Norway, with 49.77 installs per 1000 households, topped the rankings according to new sales data published today by the European Heat Pump Association . A total of 42,779 heat pumps were installed in the UK last year, and the current rate is far below the 15.3 installs per thousand households that the independentHeat pumps are effectively reverse refrigerators that draw their heat typically from the air or the ground, with an electricity-powered pump then increasing the temperature.
Most countries with higher deployment of heat pumps have starting addressing that imbalance between electricity and gas prices, he says. Denmark last year reduced taxation on electricity for heating to almost zero, while the Netherlands, a big gas producer, is now regularly reviewing imbalances between the prices of gas and electricity.
at the EHPA says the UK government should: “Make the cleanest heating solution the most economically attractive. This can be done through the introduction of a CO2 price and rebalancing of energy taxation.”to gradually shift levies paid via electricity bills on to gas bills, while the energy crisis has seen gas costs for consumers rise faster than electricity, much of which is supplied by renewables and nuclear power.
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