The UK Government is putting heat pumps at the heart of its Industrial Strategy. Published yesterday the 'Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan' list heat pumps as one of six areas with the highest growth potential and commits to a 10 point action plan to grow the sector: www.gov.uk/government/p...

We've published new legislation to relax rules around permitted development for heat pumps. The changes will come into effect from 29 May and should make it easier for consumers to install a heat pump without a full planning application.   For more info visit: www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/56...

Big news today for anyone interested in decarbonising home heating in the UK. We're consulting on extending grants to new tech like heat batteries and air-to-air heat pumps, and we’ve announced further investment to grow the heat pump supply chain. More info here -> www.gov.uk/government/n...

Today we launch our ‘warm and fuzzy’ heat pump campaign across TV, radio and the web to help raise awareness of heat pumps and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant. Watch the video below or visit the campaign webpage at www.gov.uk/heatpumps

Yesterday we published a review by the @energysyscat.bsky.social which looked at air to air heat pumps and the important role they could play in decarbonising UK homes: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Published today: New data and reports from the Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project show that heat pumps are efficient, widely suitable across UK homes and deliver high levels of consumer satisfaction. Read more from @energysyscat.bsky.social here: es.catapult.org.uk/news/heat-pu...

As part of Govt’s update on the UK Hydrogen Strategy, we’ve announced that we’ll consult in 2025 on the role of hydrogen for domestic heating. We’ll also be consulting on whether to allow transmission level blending of hydrogen with natural gas: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676191...

An early Christmas present: We’ve published a consultation on raising product standards for space heaters. This includes increasing minimum performance standards for heat pumps and boilers and also changing energy labels so gas boilers can’t be more than F-rated. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Today, we've published new stats on heat pump installations in the UK. This shows 38,305 government-supported heat pumps were installed in the last year (up to the end of Sept 2024), a 46% increase on the previous year. Take a look at the data here -> www.gov.uk/government/s...

Today colleagues at the Ministry of Housing have published a consultation on reforms to Energy Performance Certificates. This includes plans for a new smart readiness metric & new heating system metric, to encourage adoption of low carbon heating. More details here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

Today we’ve announced a huge package of measures to accelerate the deployment of heat pumps, including liberalising planning rules, increasing funding for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme & introducing a reformed Clean Heat Market Mechanism in April www.gov.uk/government/n...

My first post on BlueSky and it’s a big one for heat pump fans [no pun intended]…