Low uptake of heat pumps hampering efforts to cut emissions, watchdog warns
Uptake of clean heat pumps to replace boilers has been less than half the expected levels under a flagship programme, a report has warned.
The Government needs to engage “every household” in the shift to clean heating, the National Audit Office (NAO) said, as it warned that low uptake of heat pumps was slowing progress on cutting emissions from homes.
It added that ministers should consider spelling out sooner what role hydrogen could play in driving the move away from fossil fuel heating.
Efforts to encourage people to install heat pumps have been slow
