‘Vast Majority’ of Heating Needs to Be Electric: Welsh Government

The Welsh government said that most homes need to be heated with electricity, mainly heat pumps, as part of its strategy to achieve net-zero emissions. This move aligns with Wales’s broader goal of meeting 100 percent of its electricity demand with renewables by 2035. Heat pumps, run on electricity and work like a fridge in reverse to extract energy from the air or ground. In its new Heat Strategy released on Monday, Jeremy Miles, former Cabinet secretary for economy and energy, said that the “scale of the challenge is significant.” “Heat accounts for approximately 50 percent of our total energy use in Wales, therefore the Heat Strategy is a very important part of our plans to meet our commitment to achieve net zero by 2050,” he said....