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efforts, the UK needs to increase the uptake and deployment of heat pump technologies to meet aims and progress towards Net Zero by 2050. Government policy is fundamental in ensuring the success of this.
Europe: What have we learnt?
Subsidies across Europe have played a major role in carving the route towards decarbonisation within the residential sector, something the government need not forget in regard to commercial buildings. The Netherlands, for example, intends to ban new fossil
fuel-centric heating system installations as of 2026, while introducing the mandatory use of heat pumps of connections to heat networks. The Dutch government will subsidise the purchase of heat pumps and hybrid systems, while also financing the scheme through the National Heat Fund. Importantly, this governmental push towards heat pump technology saw a 57% increase of installations in 2022, with 110,000 total heat pump installations over the course of the year. The work the Dutch government do with trade associations is a successful way to find sensible and manageable targets to achieve common low and
zero carbon ambitions. If the UK is to decarbonise commercial buildings, it must take note of the work done across Europe’s residential markets, and apply learnings to the commercial sector. Through learning from the strategies and policies
implemented in Europe, the UK can instigate a faster and more efficient uptake of heat pump technology. The UK faces similar challenges to Europe on the road to decarbonisation, and through drawing on the experience of our neighbours we can harness the role of renewable heating technology, speeding up the journey to Net Zero.
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