Wind power entrepreneur Dale Vince has lobbed a green grenade into government plans todecarbonise the way we heat our homes by launching a campaign in the Daily Express – wherehe is now a regular columnist – to “save Britain’s boilers”. Drawing on reports by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) – including Next Steps for UK Heat Policy and theSixth Carbon Budget – prime minister Boris Johnson pledged last year, in his 10-Point Plan for a Green IndustrialRevolution, that by 2028, we would be installing 600,000 heat pumps every year. Powered by renewable electricity,this would help push the UK towards 2050’s net zero carbon emissions target.
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