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dec arbonisation policies if it is to deliver on its he government must introduce r adical heat
by 2050, sa ys end-to-end heat network management intention to legislate for net zero emissions
the wise words of Elvis and engage in less conv ersation of hitting the ambitious net zero target, it will need to heed gas emissions. If the government is to stand an y chance Heat accounts for more than a thir d of UK greenhouse poor because it is a much more difficult challenge.” from power, progr ess on heat decarbonisation has been the UK has made impressiv e strides in reducing emissions Richard Slee, chief executive of Switch2, said: “A lthough provider Switch2 Energy.
stressed the ur gent need to tackle heat emissions from The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has rec ently and take more action on heat policy, says Switch2.
boilers in new homes from 2025, along with a wide range the domestic sector. It has r ecommended banning gas
to renewable heat sources such as hy drogen and heat heat networks f or high density housing areas and a shift of other measures, such as acceler ating deployment of
pumps.
doing more of the same is no longer enough. Immediate, existing 2025 and 2030 emissions reduction tar gets, so Mr Slee added: “The UK is alr eady falling behind on its
alternatives and using high efficiency heat networks, replacing CO2 emitting boilers with lo wer carbon revolutionary action is r equired and that must include
provides a clear route map to r apid heat decarbonisation “It is crucial that this summer ’s energy white paper wherever feasible.
and that the government walk s the talk on energy
UK heat demand from heat networks over the next decade, be required if we ar e to generate an anticipated 14-20% of expensive infrastructure projects. Even mor e support will investment in heat networks, but these are c omplex and “The government has already c ommitted £320 million sustainability.
control and heat metering systems to driv e energy involv e ensuring proper insulation and utilising smart optimisation c an be implemented speedily and would performance of e xisting schemes. This scheme and simple opportunities to impro ve the emissions generation heat networks, there are c ost effective “In addition to dev eloping new fourth and fifth as opposed to the current 2% level.
transition to cleaner new technologies, such as lar ge scale “In addition, it is relativel y easy to upgrade plant to efficiency.
heat pumps.”
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