low carbon heating Archives

British Gas Installs Its First Heat Pump in Devon

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

British Gas has installed its first heat pump at a home in Ivybridge, Devon, the beginning of a service it hopes will install…

Jan25

British Gas to Begin Heat Pump Installations

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

British Gas—supplier, servicer and repairer of many of the country’s boilers—is pivoting to low-carbon heating, starting sales of air source heat pumps next…

Jul29

Ban on Gas Boilers Could Be Pushed Back to 2040

Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy Household & Bills

Britons could be given five more years to replace their gas boilers, as the government bows to pressure from MPs over the high…

Jun24

Earth to Provide Low-Carbon Heat for the City of London

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

Heat captured from more than 650 feet below the street will soon warm homes and offices in London’s Square Mile.

Jun11

Low-Carbon Heating Installations Must Increase 40-Fold for Net Zero

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

Annual installations of low-carbon heating systems in homes must increase from 26,000 per year to 1.2 million by 2030 if the UK is…

May28

New Heat Networks to Warm Thousands of Homes

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

Surplus heat from factories, incinerator plants and disused mine shafts will soon warm tens of thousands of homes across the UK, as the…

Mar01

Thousands of London Homes to Be Heated with Sewage

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

2,000 homes in Kingston upon Thames, Southwest London could soon be heated with energy captured from sewage in a pioneering low-carbon district heating…