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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Major UK gas boiler maker to start electric heat pump production in Hull

Lord Callanan cuts a green ribbon to open Ideal Heating’s new training centre
Lord Callanan (left) cuts a green ribbon to open Ideal Heating’s new training centre, assisted by Shaun Edwards, CEO of Ideal’s owners Groupe Atlantic UK, Ireland and North America. Photograph: Clay10

One of Britain’s biggest boiler makers is to start manufacturing electric heat pumps to keep pace with what it describes as the biggest transformation since the switch from coal to gas devices in the 1930s.

Ideal Heating has invested £50m in transforming the manufacturing facilities at its Hull headquarters, which have produced fossil fuel boilers for more than a century.

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