Government Spent £140 Million on Heat Pump Grants
Published on May 14, 2024
The government has spent nearly £140 million on grants designed to cover half of the costs of heat pumps, some of which cost £13,500 to buy and install. In a written question for Parliament on Tuesday to the secretary of state for energy security and net zero, Conservative MP Selaine Saxby asked how much has been spent on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and how many heat pumps have been installed. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, launched in April 2022, provides grants to encourage property owners to replace existing fossil fuel heating with heat pumps, which run on electricity and work like a fridge in reverse to extract energy from the air or ground. ...