Heat pump growth stalls as government support cut, warns climate watchdog
The growth in sales has slowed significantly after a critical government grant programme was cut.
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""This transition in our homes is no different to the ones we've had before. Fresh running water in homes, indoor sanitation, central heating, heat pumps. It's just another transition. We have to find a way to make it affordable. And that's the government job.""
— Bean Beanland , Executive
""We've made big progress on things like electric vehicles, where one in four cars being bought in the UK today is now an EV.""
— Emma Pinchbeck , Executive
""This has cost the industry more than £10 billion since 2024 – an unsustainable amount when that money should be going into R&D, manufacturing and the workforce.""
— Mike Hawes , Executive
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