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Heat pump makers are ready for a rush: Will customers come?
Heat pump makers are ready to raise output, but demand is still sluggish.
Demand for heat pumps boomed in Europe when gas prices spiralled following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 – but that enthusiasm has since cooled. "We can have a plug-and-play solution that works in the majority of homes in the UK," says Aimee Clark, head of commercial, as she explains why Octopus wanted to manufacture its own heat pump – which is unusual among electricity providers, to say the least. Taxing fossil fuels harder is one way to spur demand for domestic appliances that use electricity as an alternative, says Paul Kenny, director general of the European Heat Pump Association, an industry body.
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