Heat pumps way behind 的 as 専門家s say high prices put people off

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Heat pump 取り付け・設備s have failed to 会合，会う 政府 的s for the second year in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動, with critics 説 high prices are still putting 消費者s off.

The 政府's Boiler 昇格 計画／陰謀 (BUS) gives 認めるs of up to £7,500 to 世帯s for fitting a heat pump to their 所有物／資産／財産.

The 最新の 人物／姿／数字s show that the 計画／陰謀 paid out £88.8million in 2023/24, against a 予算 of £150million. Last year the BUS paid out £51million.

Last October the 政府 raised the level of heat pump 認めるs?from £5,000 to £7,500 for 空気／公表する and ground varieties.?The 普通の／平均（する） 認める given out by the BUS is £5,819.

Tinkering: The 政府 raised the level of 認めるs 利用できる for those getting a heat pump fitted, with most applicants 取って代わるing gas boilers - but the 全体にわたる 支出 is still high

?High costs are still deterring many homes from getting a heat pump, によれば マイク Foster, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the Energy and 公共事業（料金）／有用性s 同盟.

Foster said: 'You can't ignore the elephant in the room, the high 資本／首都 cost of 任命する／導入するing a heat pump. The 普通の／平均（する） 人物／姿／数字 is £13,300 for heat pumps fitted under the BUS. If your 認める is £7,500, you have to find the 残り／休憩（する） yourself.

'That is a major 障壁. There are not many people that have that 量 of cash at their 処分, and who would want to then spend it on a heat pump and not in another way they might prefer to spend their hard-earned cash.'

The BUS is run by the energy regulator Ofgem, whi ch said the 増加する to the BUS 認める was designed to help with the high cost of fitting heat pumps.

An Ofgem spokesperson said: 'The 感情 の中で installers and 関連した 貿易（する） 協会s has been very 肯定的な around 過程ing timescales for both 使用／適用 review and 支払い（額）s.

'In the first month に引き続いて the uplift (November 2023), the number of people 適用するing through the BUS jumped by 52 per cent compared to the same period in the previous year.?

'This rise in 需要・要求する has been 支えるd over the past few months, with March 2024 still seeing a 45.8 per cent 増加する in 使用／適用s compared to March 2023.'

Energy 会社／堅いs are competing to bring out いっそう少なく expensive heat pumps, with the two cheapest coming from British Gas and Octopus Energy.

But Foster thinks there is a natural 限界 to how cheap heat pumps can be made, and thinks prices might not 落ちる much その上の.

'The argument that prices will go 負かす／撃墜する as 容積／容量s go up is a 誤った argument,' he said. 'these 製品s are already globally 貿易（する）d 製品s.?

'The price in フラン or Germany is not dissimilar to a UK heat pump. The only area where costs might come 負かす／撃墜する is when installers get used to fitting more heat pumps and can do it a bit quicker, so 労働 costs might come 負かす／撃墜する.'

A Department for En ergy 安全 and 逮捕する 無 spokesperson said: '需要・要求する for heat pumps continues to grow, with February 人物／姿／数字s showing 使用／適用s jumped by 75 per cent compared to the same month last year.

'We remain committed to 任命する／導入するing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028, 支援するd by almost £2billion to help 達成する this.'

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