{"id":364228,"date":"2025-02-02T16:49:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T15:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=364228"},"modified":"2025-02-02T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T15:49:38","slug":"heat-pump-installations-less-than-60000-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=364228","title":{"rendered":"Heat Pump Installations Less Than 60,000 Last\u00a0Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"364231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=364231\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0heatpumpphoto-scaled-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2025\/02\/01\/heat-pump-installations-less-than-60000-last-year\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"364229\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=364229\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-10.png?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-10.png?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-10.png?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-10.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-10.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-10.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-10.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heat pump rollout lurches from one disaster to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcscertified.com\/2024-was-a-record-year-for-small-scale-renewables\/\">Microgeneration Certification Scheme<\/a>, installations were less than 60,000, despite increased government subsidies of \u00a37500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total number of installations in the UK is now 275,000, just one percent of UK households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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