The New Statesman
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There are many myths about heat pumps, spread on social media and via newspapers.
Many are false, though a few are at least partially correct.
UK government has committed itself to installing 600,000 of them a year by 2028.
Deployment in the UK remains at very low levels, despite growth.
A heat pump installed in the UK today will have 77-86% lower carbon emissions than a gas boiler over 15 years.
Last year saw record growth in heat pump sales in Europe and, in the US more than 4 million heat pumps were sold, surpassing gas furnaces for the first time.
In the UK demand for heat pumps was up by 40% in 2022.
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