The Welsh government has published its Heat Strategy for Wales and it can be viewed here: https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2024-07/heat-strategy-wales.pdf
The strategy was published with supporting information revealing that few changes have been made since the original consultation, held in 2023.
Claiming to be based on the Climate Change Committee’s guidance, the strategy identifies heat pumps as the primary mechanism for domestic heat decarbonisation in Wales and it now contains a target to install 580,000 heat pumps by 2035 – 43% of all Welsh homes.
OFTEC and UKIFDA’s response has been completely ignored, as has the challenge of decarbonising the many rural off-grid buildings in Wales.
Disappointingly, the supporting material references misleading and . . .
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