Octopus Energy claimed on Thursday it had ended the days of “ugly heat pumps” with a product that it said some customers will get for free…
Ministers have committed to installing 170,000 new heat pumps by 2030 in off-gas grid properties in Scotland
The unit will be around 1.1 metres tall, and 86 centimetres wide, making it a little larger than a model from Mitsibishu with a similar power output. It will produce a similar level of noise to a fridge. But that only applies to households that do not need any extra work done, such as fitting a water tank or bigger radiators, which is a vast minority of homes in the UK.
Lauded as the future of home heating by many – although others say they cannot be a solution for all homes – heat pumps use electricity to absorb heat from outside and bring it inside.
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