Opinion

Future Ready Fuel update

The big headline following the July General Election in the UK is that there is very little news. So far, Labour has had little to say about its overall policies for decarbonising heating, let alone niche areas such as off-gas grid buildings.

Future Ready Fuel

So, what have they said? One important announcement is the intention to continue with Conservative plans to introduce the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM) The CHMM is a controversial scheme that requires boiler manufacturers to also produce heat pumps at a gradually increasing percentage of their production or pay heat pump manufacturers to make them on their behalf. It is scheduled to begin in April 2025 and the Government hopes it will bring the price of heat pumps down – although this remains to be seen.

Additional funding

The Government has also committed an additional £1.5bn of funding to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, with support extended from the . . .

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