Clean Heat Market Mechanism delayed until 2025

The UK Government has decided to postpone the implementation of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism until April 2025, sparking mixed reactions from industry experts

Force fitting heat pumps is against British character, says Energy Minister

Lord Callanan has opposed criticism heard last week about the “failing” Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Price cap hike ‘has blown a hole in government’s heat pump strategy’

The government has been urged to set out a “credible” domestic heating strategy able to survive under the current energy market

Homes with heat pumps to ‘pay more for heating than gas boiler customers’

The cost of heating from heat pumps is higher by £267 a year, according to new research

Are we all living in a pandemic of fuel poverty?

ELN takes an in-depth look at fuel poverty as soaring energy bills are pushing millions to choose between heating and food

Red Wall ‘votes in favour of scrapping VAT on energy bills’

One-in-five Brits across the North of England avoid turning on heating to avoid higher bills, new poll shows

Energy suppliers are ‘refusing to connect gas meters to fuel poor’

A campaigner has called on Ofgem to clamp down on energy suppliers who are allegedly blocking measures to tackle fuel poverty

It’s a green gas, gas, gas!

Green gas is the key to decarbonising heat. So said the boss of the Energy and Utilities Alliance, Mike Foster. Mr Foster said there were,  “…unquestionable benefits of ‘green gas’. We all know that decarbonising heat is tricky but necessary if we are to meet our climate change obligations and gas has a critical role […]

Minister’s gas storage claim branded ‘disingenuous’

The Government’s claim that UK taxpayers will save millions of pounds following its decision against subsidising new gas storage facilities is “disingenuous”. That’s the damning verdict from the head of the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) after Energy Minister Michael Fallon (pictured) declared bill payers would save up to £750 million over a 10-year period […]

Minister's gas storage claim branded ‘disingenuous’

The Government’s claim that UK taxpayers will save millions of pounds following its decision against subsidising new gas storage facilities is “disingenuous”. That’s the damning verdict from the head of the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) after Energy Minister Michael Fallon (pictured) declared bill payers would save up to £750 million over a 10-year period […]