UK scheme to spur take-up of heat pumps delayed after gas lobby pressure
by Fiona Harvey Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6KBR6)
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The government has delayed by a year its scheme for spurring the take-up of heat pumps, under pressure from the gas boiler industry.
The clean heat market mechanism is intended to force heating installers to fit more low-carbon heat pumps, to meet the UK's net zero greenhouse gas emissions target and save energy.
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