This week, the Government published our Heat and Buildings Strategy - which sets out how we will incentivise people to install low carbon heating systems in a simple fair and cheap way - backed by new grants of £5000 for homeowners through a new £450 million 3 year boiler upgrade scheme. This will cut carbon emissions and protecting consumers in the long run as part of our £3.9 billion fund to decarbonise heat and buildings.
This will support the government’s new target for all new heating systems installed in UK homes by 2035 to be either using low-carbon technologies, such as electric heat pumps, or supporting new technologies like hydrogen-ready boilers, where we are confident we can supply clean, green fuel.
No-one will be forced to remove their existing fossil fuel boilers, with this transition of the next 14 years seeing the UK’s households gradually move away from fossil fuel boilers in an affordable, practical and fair way, enabling homeowners to easily make these green choices when the time comes to replace their old boiler.
As we have all seen, recent volatile gas prices have highlighted the need to double down on our efforts to reduce Britain’s reliance on fossil fuels and move away from gas boilers over the next decade to protect consumers in the long term. This Strategy will help homeowners to make the switch to clean heating sooner without costing them extra as we build back greener.
My colleague, the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng MP, said the following after the announcement:
"As the technology improves and costs plummet over the next decade, we expect low carbon heating systems will become the obvious, affordable choice for consumers. Through our new grant scheme, we will ensure people are able to choose a more efficient alternative in the meantime."
For more information, please visit the Government's page: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plan-to-drive-down-the-cost-of-clean…