Is the Boiler Upgrade Scheme doing enough to promote heat pumps?
Heating and energy expert David Hilton gives his take on how the government grant for low-carbon heating is performing one year in
Launched in May of last year, lots of heat pump companies were, rightly, optimistic about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which provides a £5,000 grant for installing an air source heat pump (and £6,000 for ground source). Although it’s £5,000, the problem is that’s not even half the cost of what it takes to install a heat pump. Some energy giants have since introduced heat pump offers that – after the government grant – are expected to make installing one cost as low as the price of a gas boiler, tackling one of the bigger obstacles for self builders and homeowners: the price.