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“They [heat pumps] can be expensive, but recently we’ve seen both British Gas and Octopus come forward and offer heat pumps that after that £5,000 [grant] would mean you are paying £3,000 or even £2,500, so it makes it competitive with fitting a regular gas boiler,” he continued.
It will consider how communities can be offered incentives in return for the inconvenience that local renewable energy projects cause, which could include money off energy bills. The Committee on Climate Change , which advises the government on climate change, said in a report last year that there was a “shocking gap” in policy for better-insulated homes.
Mike Childs, head of policy at the campaign group, said it had previously taken legal action because the Government had “failed to show how legally binding climate targets would be met”. Mel Evans, Greenpeace UK’s head of climate, said: “Green Day has turned into Groundhog Day – yet another Government failure on climate action.
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