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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Sallust<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prospects for the Government\u2019s plans to impose the installation of heat pumps at a rate of 600,000 per annum and then a million by the mid-2030s are looking gloomier by the day. According to the Telegraph<\/em><\/a>, while heat pumps being fitted on a one-by-one basis to homes where a Government grant has been secured have to be installed by a certified installer, that\u2019s not the case for heat pumps being installed in new builds. Anyone with the gift of the gab, pipe-cutters, a drill and a socket set can do the job:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Defective heat pumps will be fitted in new homes under Net Zero plans, the Government has been warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2027, new homes will be fitted with a heat pump as standard under rules that are expected to be introduced within weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But while heat pumps installed under Government grant schemes in existing homes must be fitted by accredited technicians, there are no such standards for new homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Households have been warned that, as a result, \u201crogue traders\u201d may be fitting their heat pumps, potentially leading to a mis-selling scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owners of new builds fitted with heat pumps have already reported issues linked to poor installations that have left their homes cold and expensive to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Government is to meet its house-building targets, heat pump installations will more than quadruple between new build and existing homes by 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost people who install low-carbon technologies see genuine benefits and would recommend them to family and friends, but public trust is being eroded by the actions of some rogue traders and shoddy installations,\u201d said Andy Manning, the Head of Energy Policy at Citizens Advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstallers of green upgrades like solar panels and heat pumps don\u2019t have to be accredited unless they\u2019re carrying out work that\u2019s funded by Government grants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not known exactly how many heat pumps were installed in new builds last year, but 98,000 were sold across the country \u2013 the vast majority for existing properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But industry experts have said there is a dearth of well-trained installers even at current levels, and ramping up installations without better regulation and training is likely to lead to poorly-installed technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Hornby bought a newly built five-bedroom home in a Shropshire hamlet in 2021, fitted with an air source heat pump that failed to keep the house warm and left him paying \u00a3500 a month on electricity during the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An independent assessor commissioned by Mr Hornby found that both the heat pump and the radiators were too small for the house, a common complaint among owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two smaller homes on the estate had been fitted with the same size heat pump, despite bigger homes requiring larger technology, suggesting a lack of understanding by the installers. An inspection of the insulation in the home\u2019s bathroom also found gaps, meaning heat was escaping.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It seems the way is open to a legacy of problems with poorly installed, badly configured and inappropriately sized heat pumps being foisted on those who buy new builds in the years to come. Some of course will be properly installed, but how is any homebuyer supposed to be able to discriminate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worth reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this almost incomprehensible level of Government negligence don\u2019t get excited about the prospect of either Net Zero or Ed Miliband being put out to grass. Tim Stanley<\/a> thinks the Secretary of State for Energy\u2019s job is secure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rumour has it, his head\u2019s on the block. Rachel Reeves, having killed the private sector with her first budget, is now all about cuts and growth \u2013 and Net Zero is perceived to be a costly jobs killer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I think he\u2019s safe. A poll of Labour members found he\u2019s the most popular minister. Why? Because he\u2019s the only one doing something they like.\u00a0Telegraph\u00a0<\/em>readers might regard the Government as far-Left but remove Net Zero and its policies are to cut foreign aid, cut benefits and raise defence spending, making it seem far-Right to the grassroots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miliband helps maintain a pretence that Labour is different-ish from the Tories, thanks to videos of him touring wind farms with Blue Peter energy. His sticky-backed plastic, Groovy Gang, \u2018cool kids pick up litter\u2019 vibe is enhanced by a cosmic self-assurance that borders on the guru.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s despite an interview on Radio 4 last week<\/a> suggested that Mr Miliband\u2019s aspirations and dreams diverge widely from reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Stanley\u2019s column is worth reading in full<\/a> too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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