A collection of energy suppliers have commissioned a report from consultancy Public First to tackle what they described as unfairness in the energy market for customers wanting cleaner heating.
The latest Green Homes Grant statistics to come from the government show that less than a sixth of the initial projected 600,000 homes will receive vouchers.
There have been 5,804 installations of green technology to date under the Green Homes Grant, with 906 of these being low carbon heating.
DNO UK Power Networks (UKPN) has launched a hybrid low carbon heating system trial together with gas network Wales & West Utilities (WWU).
Legal & General has made another investment into low carbon heat, with LGIM Real Assets providing debt finance to renewables funding scheme HeatRHIght.
A six-month extension for certain Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (NDRHI) projects is to be granted by the government.
Heat pumps are confirmed to be included in the government’s £2 billion Green Homes Grant as it urges tradespeople to register for MCS accreditation.
The Heating Swaffham Prior project has received a £2.146 million grant to help provide sustainable heating to homes in Cambridgeshire.
Shell is to use machine learning for the management of hybrid heat pumps in the UK in a new partnership with PassivSystems.