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"Lobbyists for the gas boiler industry are trying to delay the introduction of
new government measures to speed up the take-up of heat pumps, a leaked
document shows.
The move, in a draft document obtained by the DeSmog investigative journalism
group and seen by the
Guardian, appears to be part of an intensive two-year
lobbying effort by a key gas boiler industry organisation, which has been
critical of heat pumps, and promoted hydrogen for home heating to government
and opposition parties, despite strong evidence of its unsuitability.
The Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), an industry association that
represents boiler manufacturers and other gas companies, including some that
have branched out into heat pumps, has made a submission to a government
consultation calling for measures forcing the industry to install more heat
pumps to be delayed to 2026.
Under the consultation on the clean heat market mechanism, published in March,
ministers are proposing that, from 2024, manufacturers of fossil fuel boilers
would face a quota for heat pump installations relative to their gas or oil
boiler installations, with fines for failure to sell enough heat pumps.
But in the draft, obtained by DeSmog and seen by the
Guardian, the government
targets are said by EUA to be “unachievable” because of the short timeframe,
the difficulty manufacturers would face in gearing up to meet the regulations,
and the potential cost of the fines, which the organisation has calculated at a
potential £300m to UK industry.
EUA wrote, in a document titled
HHIC Clean Heat Market Mechanism Consultation
Response: “EUA does not believe that the proposed clean heat market mechanism
will achieve its stated aims with the policy as currently designed. The central
proposal that boiler manufacturers are able to dictate the products homeowners
install in their homes is flawed.”
HHIC stands for Heating and Hot Water Industry Council, a trade body whose aim
is to “define practical solutions for decarbonising heat and hot water in UK
homes and businesses”, to which EUA is a parent organisation."
Via Christoph S.
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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