Big workforce news! DESNZ has launched its Clean Energy Jobs Plan, creating the Office for Clean Energy Jobs & targeting 8.5-10k heating engineers by 2030 £5m more for heat pump training too, but the curriculum needs updating to match modern practice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK is off track cutting electricity prices says @theCCCuk Heat pump rollout is only slightly off track, but cutting electricity remains significantly off track. We need to: • Shift levies off electricity • Align price signals with net zero www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

Great talks #installershow from @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social on policy levers for Gov to accelerate heat pump adoption, stable policy environment and culture wars that have fractured net zero consensus. Electrification only way to lower bills.

Still small numbers, but heat pumps in new builds gradually increasing in anticipation of Future Homes Standard. 21% of new build homes had a heat pump in Jan 25 Strong policy signals do get supply chains motoring for some, others may choose to lobby www.projectambient.org/data

Heat pumps are a political football, again CCC state that 52% homes need a heat pump by 2040, which is 14M homes, not 17M Installations won't level out at 50k pa & take 340 yrs to replace gas boilers But uptake hampered by heat pump & hydrogen misinformation conservativehome.com/2025/03/18/k...

Despite the headline, it isn't the heat pump that dropped the property's EPC rating, rather changes in SAP However heat pumps don't improve your EPC. Plans to overhaul with new Home Energy Model framework from 2026 will rank heat pumps more favourably www.telegraph.co.uk/money/net-ze...

Big day as Climate Change Committee release 7th Carbon Budget. By 2040, half of UK homes will need to be heated a heat pump, compared to ~1% in 2023. Gov role is to make the low carbon option the cheaper option, eg lowering electricity costs. Hydrogen has no role. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heat pumps produce a “consistent pattern of heat” keeping a house ticking over during the day, unlike gas boilers @joalsop.bsky.social tells @alexisconran.bsky.social presenter of a new @channel5tv.bsky.social show on the subject.

Not sure what the story is here. Rishi Sunak already ditched the *proposal* (i.e. not at all set in stone) contained in the 2021 Heat and Buildings Strategy to stop the sale of new gas boilers from 2035. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Government hires @nestauk.bsky.social BIT to help nudge consumers towards heat pumps and counter misinformation. Ruling out hydrogen for heating would be a big help also. amp.theguardian.com/environment/...

Vertical solar has all kinds of potential, like balcony solar. Highly accessible for blocks of flats where individual green measures are tricky! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

OK, time for a proper thread on levies on energy bills, based on our report out today. Topline: the levies are unfair, and a huge barrier to reaching net zero. To reform them, we should rebalance levies on to gas while targeting support to low income households. www.nesta.org.uk/report/cheap...

I thought the discussion around hydrogen for heating was pretty much over. But I keep seeing people postulate that hydrogen for heating will play a role in the future. I highly doubt that. Why? Because the 54 independent studies I reviewed suggest otherwise. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It did not take long until the naysayers on heat pumps also arrived on Bluesky. To all of the "experts" commenting in my feed that heat pumps don't work: STUDY THE SCIENCE! I have - here's my summary: www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18...

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t... In October I changed most of the radiators in the house. Has this affected heat pump performance? Yes! In this article I compare heat pump performance in November with Nov 2023. The weather was similar, but the COP improved by 17%.

Great piece in @inews.co.uk on the challneges Gov faces to keep to the renewable electricity generation path that reduces energy bills while paying for the technology to deliver it. Despite the headline, it is achievable. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Energy bills are going to rise again in January. But what are we actually paying for in an energy bill? My colleague @martinakavan.bsky.social has written this lovely explainer, with some neat charts www.nesta.org.uk/report/whats...

Sorry to say that the energy price is going up by 1.2%, to £1,738 for the avg home from Jan Unpleasant news that exemplifies the need to ramp up renewable electricity gen, accelerate heat pump adoption & improve boiler efficiency to ensure a long term downward trend. news.sky.com/story/energy...

Some big news in boilers too! Gov have acknowledged that condensing boilers do not perform to their advertised efficiencies and are mandating higher installation standards as follows: 1/3 www.gov.uk/government/p...

A good news day for the journey to cleaner, greener, cheaper homes for all >>Planning permission not required to site a heat hump within 1m of boundary >£180M added to £1.95B boiler upgrade scheme to support 284k heat pump installs >CHMM coming into effect 1 Apr 2025 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Can I have a heat pump if I live in a flat? Sometimes individual heat pumps will work if the external unit can fit on the balcony, but it's not ideal. So what happens in high density urban areas? In this case, a communal ground source heat pump serving the block. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cold weather across large parts of the country and @metoffice.bsky.social issue woolly jumper warning. If you're on a tight budget you can heat a couple of rooms using the gas boiler and turning off the other radiators. Keep doors closed on the heated rooms. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Don't know why I'm always surprised that lobbying works. I guess Im an optimist who believes right will triumph! I remain positive, but rumours that Clean Heat Market Mechanism will be less toothy because of a coordinated campaign to recast it as a boiler tax suck www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Clean energy auctions and tenders are a major route to market for new projects in many parts of the world. Over the past decade auctions have become the most common way for governments to support new utility-scale clean energy capacity.

Hello! Late to the party as always, but relieved to be here. In other news, what about chatgpt eh!? Looking forward to enjoying social media again. Little pic from the dog walk before we get in the serious stuff.