The government intends heat pumps to be rolled out at scale to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and help cut carbon emissions from building heating.
Only 1% of homes in the UK have a heat pump, which are currently much more expensive to buy and install than a conventional boiler.
The Energy Saving Trust says this depends on the type of system the heat pump is replacing. If it's an old gas boiler, average savings are currently £290 a year.
As energy prices fluctuate over time, we expect that heat pumps will become the cheapest as well as the lowest carbon form of heating available.
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