Thread by @janrosenow

I'm sick and tired of people claiming "Heat pumps don't work in Britain" such as @CalumDouglas1 commenting on my LinkedIn Post.

Heat pumps can work in any building if designed and installed well. They don't care much about national borders.

1) Summary of ongoing @beisgovuk heat electrification trial:
-"most homes are technically suitable for a heat pump"
-"running costs [...] generally [...] have been similar or lower than previous fossil fuel heating costs."
-"participants generally satisfied with their heat pumps"

2) The @EnergySysCat recently published a report finding that all housing types are suitable for heat pumps in Britain. es.catapult.org.uk/news/electrifi…

3) Using single cases where people had a shoddy installation, a poor design or poorly maintained heat pump is not evidence that heat pumps don't work in Britain. It is evidence that someone should have chosen a different installer.

4) Another reminder that in the coldest parts of Europe about half of the population has a heat pump. And no, people in Norway, Sweden and Finland are not freezing in the winter.

newstatesman.com/energy-climate…

5) The old British housing stock is often used as an argument why heat pumps supposedly "don't work". But there are plenty of examples of heat pumps in old buildings working well.

https://twitter.com/janrosenow/status/1404720616687689732?s=20&fbclid=IwAR0GYck0LSidXuIcm1lNCdC6pWsF0ulWGsr6TbqzS6UL3I1Q_1xGrHndwF4

6) Heating engineers such as @betateach @_heatgeek @swebster56 @kenbone44 @Your_Energy_YW and many others have long dispelled the myth that heat pumps don't work in British homes. E.g. betatalk.buzzsprout.com/509671/9314412…

7) The UK government @beisgovuk @10DowningStreet have identified heat pumps as a key technology for heating decarbonisation. By 2028 they want to see 600,000 heat pumps to be installed every year. Policy to deliver on this pledge is underway. gov.uk/government/pub…

8) @theCCCuk also looked at how to decarbonise heating in the UK. Heat pumps have been identified as the key heat supply technology to reduce emissions for net zero. 75% of low carbon heating systems expected to be heat pumps by 2030. theccc.org.uk/publication/si…

9) Luckily there are innovators who understand the massive opportunity for emission reduction heat pumps represent. Companies such as @OctopusEnergy @vaillantuk @NIBEEnergy @edfenergy @eonenergyuk @KensaHeatPumps @OVOEnergy @GoodEnergy and so many others are leading the way.