An association of energy companies has urged the UK government “to recommit” to phasing out gas boilers by 2035, warning that the future of the country's heating should be “clean, secure, and a driver of economic growth”.
Heat pumps are at least three times more efficient than gas-fired boilers, according to the latest research from two separate UK government-backed reports.
Whilst widely touted as the way to go for heating homes and businesses in temperate and cold regions, the uptake of heat pumps is way behind the ambition, even in Europe and most certainly the lame-duck UK.
Decarbonising the UK heat sector will be crucial to achieving net zero targets, but within that challenge firms are also seeing lucrative opportunities.
Swedish heat pump firm Aira has launched in the UK, pledging to create 8,000 jobs as part of a £300m investment.
The average home could save £500 a year on bills under the new price cap from April with good insulation and heat pumps, a report has said.
Hydrogen will not have a major role in the future of heating homes across the UK, according to a new review of more than two dozen independent studies.
A commitment to North Sea oil and gas while ramping up nuclear, hydrogen and offshore wind, is at the heart of a new UK strategy to protect consumers from future surges in energy bills.
The New Year is a time for staying close to home so, in that spirit, I will take a look at some energy-related issues that affect the Western Isles and will come to a head in 2022.
Removing, breaking, and recycling what we can of redundant offshore oil and gas infrastructure is a huge task but worth many hundreds of millions of pounds to those fortunate enough to win the work.
Though the energy system of the future will be a far cry from the one in place today, the demands of it will be broadly the same.
The number of electric vehicles on Aberdeen roads could surge 350-fold by 2050, according to a new report.
The UK’s Hydrogen Task Force recently published a report that claimed investing in hydrogen could unlock £18bn in Gross Value Added by 2035.