Should I buy a heat pump and how much will it cost?
As the UK increases its heat pump grant, here’s how one family are saving money after installing one
Cruising the Norwegian fjords on holiday convinced John Taylor he was making the right move installing an air source heat pump at his home in Matlock, Derbyshire. “I was surprised at the number of heat pumps I saw in the places we visited,” the 72-year-old retired broker says. “I thought, if they work in Norway, mine will work even better in Derbyshire.”
Heat pumps began appearing in Norway after the 1970s oil crisis, when a government-funded installation programme was introduced, according to Rolf Iver Mytting Hagemoen of the Norwegian Heat Pump Association.
As concerns grew over the environment, the Norwegian government introduced generous subsidies, along with high fossil fuel taxes. These measures, plus low costs for electricity and a total ban on gas and oil
