Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 19576

Heating: Housing

Tabled: 11 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing equal incentives for homeowners to install (a) heat batteries and (b) other low-emission heat sources.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
Heat batteries are a promising technology because they utilise time-of-use tariffs, do not require outside space, and can be cheaper to install than heat pumps in some circumstances. However, they are less efficient than heat pumps and will therefore use ...

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