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Heat pumps: How to speed up the switch to low-carbon home heating

The rollout of heat pumps and other green heating technologies is going far too slowly in the UK – here’s what’s needed to get it moving

By Madeleine Cuff

26 March 2024

An air source heat pump being installed outside a UK home

Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images

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Swapping out polluting gas boilers for electric heating systems is one of the key milestones for achieving net-zero emissions and decarbonising the global climate. But progress to decarbonise heating, particularly in the UK, is worryingly slow.

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