UK could U-turn on 2035 gas boiler ban as heat pumps cost ‘many times more’

According to Greg Jackson, the CEO of Octopus Energy, buying and installing their new self-designed heat pump will cost homeowners as little as £2,500.

Aside from reducing the UK’s expensive gas imports, heat pumps are also tipped to slash household energy bills, are they are three to four times more energy efficient than the best boilers.

Meanwhile, many experts have questioned the role of hydrogen in home heating, with reports suggesting that replacing natural gas with hydrogen would be far more expensive for the UK as a whole. 

Later in the same House of Lords debate, Lord Callanan said that “at the moment hydrogen heating for homes is an unproven technology which is why we need to carry out trials and the research to ascertain if it is a viable technology.

“In the meantime, however, we know that heat pump electrification does work, and is an operable technology, which is why we support it.”

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1740618/gas-boiler-lifeline-heat-pumps-2035-ban-u-turn-lord-callanan-hydrogen