Five years of homeowner forum data cited in landmark FT heat pump investigation
Renewable Heating Hub’s Consumer Intelligence Index exposes the UK heat pump installation crisis, with FT front-page coverage highlighting worsening quality issues....
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When You Fight Back: How One Couple’s Refusal to Give Up Changed Everything
Ian and Sarah Ward won their heat pump claim after a long fight, exposing installation failures, insurer resistance and the hidden cost of poor workmanship....
UKAS Suspends APHC Certification Ltd: What It Means If You Have a Heat Pump
The body responsible for certifying the plumbers and heating engineers who installed your heat pump (and for issuing the documentation you need to claim a government grant) has had its...
Heat Pump Overpromising: The Misleading Claims
Heat pump quotes often overpromise. Learn how kW ratings, buffers, warranties and flow temperatures affect real-world performance and savings....
Who Actually Owns a Heat Pump in Britain? We Asked. Here Is What We Found.
Earlier this year, we wanted to have some fun. We built a survey. We called it a persona exercise. We asked 80 heat pump owners to be really, really honest....
The Man Who Harnessed the Sun and Was Ignored for 150 Years
We debate biomass carbon accounting, agonise over the electricity-to-gas price ratio and argue about heat pump coefficients of performance. And yet the cleanest, most abundant energy source on the planet...
Is Biomass Really Renewable?
Biomass is often sold as green heating, but its carbon debt, air pollution and policy backing tell a far more complicated story....
Air-to-Air Heat Pumps in the UK: Everything You Need to Know
The UK’s heat pump conversation has, for years, been almost exclusively about air-to-water. Monobloc units, flow temperatures, radiator sizing, MCS accreditation… the vocabulary of A2W has become familiar territory for...
Energy Bills to Rise Again as Ofgem Confirms Price Cap Increase
The extremely brief period of falling energy bills is already over. Ofgem confirmed this morning that the energy price cap will rise by 13% from 1 July 2026, adding £221...
Is Your Heat Pump Insured?
There’s an unknown crisis playing out in UK homes right now, and most of the people affected don’t know it yet. They will. Usually in January. Usually when the heating...
