Including the closely related term heat pumps.
… new skills too. Direction of travel - Exploit new renewable energy opportunities on and off-shore – wind, solar, tidal - Purchase energy from renewable sources to meet our needs locally - Shift heating completely away from fossil fuels - a switch to electric heating, heat pumps, heat networks and the use of biogas and hydrogen in place of natural gas. No new houses connected…
… to the gas grid by 2025 o Develop more heat networks in urban areas o Increase use of heat pumps and hybrid heat pumps o Make new homes suitable for low carbon heat with appropriately sized radiators and low temperature compatible thermal stores o An increasing use of non-fossil fuel alternatives to natural gas injected into the gas grid including bio-methane the potential for hydrogen…