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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

Heat pumps should be key to Truss’s energy strategy, urges expert

Two heat pumps at a training facility used by Octopus Energy in Slough.
Two heat pumps at a training facility used by Octopus Energy in Slough. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Heat pumps need to be at the heart of any new energy strategy, to keep Britain’s homes warm and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but so far there is little sign of the policy measures needed, one of the UK’s leading heating experts has warned.

Liz Truss, who was officially installed as prime minister on Tuesday, has pledged help for households with the cost of living crisis with details to be announced in full this week. Measures are likely to include a cap on energy prices and increased gas production.

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