{"id":158765,"date":"2026-01-28T14:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=158765"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:12:22","slug":"uk-heat-pumps-could-bring-22-5bn-say-hpa-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/uk-heat-pumps-could-bring-22-5bn-say-hpa-uk\/158765\/","title":{"rendered":"UK heat pumps could bring in \u00a322.5bn, say HPA UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hpauk.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heat Pump Association UK<\/a> (HPA UK) has released a report showing that the residential heating sector could nearly double in value with heat pump adoption<\/h2>\n<p>At a time where the government is seeking growth, the HPA say UK heat pumps could be part of the answer.<\/p>\n<p>The report, titled &#8216;From Carbon to Competitiveness: The UK Opportunity Associated with Decarbonising Residential Heating&#8217;, details how Gross Value Added from heat pumps could exceed \u00a310bn.<\/p>\n<h3>The report uses historical data<\/h3>\n<p>The report&#8217;s findings include that heat pump manufacturing, installation, and use already exceeded \u00a31bn in the UK economy in 2025 and that, under current projections, it is expected to reach \u00a315bn by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, at that projection, employment in the heat pump sector could grow by more than 110,000 full-time jobs, which would account for 82% of jobs in the residential heating sector. Manufacturing could expand between 15 and 27 times by 2035 too, further boosting the sector\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the boosts to the economy, it also highlights that embracing these opportunities could make demand for gas fall by 63TW between 2025-35, falling in line with both net-zero and international relation strategies, and that doing so would result in a 6% reduction in air pollution, as the heat pumps account for 17 MtCO2e per year.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Lee, HPA UK\u2019s chief executive, said: \u201cToday\u2019s findings show that decarbonising residential heating should not be viewed as a cost burden, but a major economic opportunity. Heat pumps can drive billions of pounds in growth, support tens of thousands of skilled jobs across the country and strengthen the UK\u2019s energy security by reducing reliance on imported gas. With the right long term policy clarity, the UK can build a world-leading heat pump industry, grow our domestic manufacturing, and deliver cleaner, healthier homes for millions of residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Rachel Reeves to slash heat pump subsidies<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/heat-pump-subsidies-cut-upcoming-budget\/157048\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In November last year,<\/a> it was revealed in a report that chancellor Rachel Reeves had made plans to cut back subsidies for heat pumps. This was met with the expected reactions from sector experts, who argued that this would serve only to slow the net zero transition by making it more difficult to transition from gas boilers.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Alvis, the head of energy and environment at the Institute of Public Policy Research thinktank, said to the Guardian: \u201cThe urge to get bills down is the right one, everything should be on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe risk here is that, like winter fuel payments, the additional benefit of cutting support schemes for clean technology isn\u2019t noticed by the majority, but really is by those that lose out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leo Vincent, a senior policy adviser at the E3G thinktank, also commented: \u201cIf this is really what the government is planning, it is robbing Peter to pay Paul. This is a disastrous sticking plaster \u2018solution\u2019 that would let down working families across the country who need the security of predictable and low bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would leave Britain vulnerable to the whims of fossil fuel despots, put thousands of jobs at risk and blow a hole clean through the UK\u2019s plans for climate action.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heat Pump Association UK (HPA UK) has released a report stating that UK heat pumps could boost the economy by over \u00a310bn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":158766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[908,173211,93645],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-158765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-energy-news","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-heat-pumps","10":"tag-net-zero"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK heat pumps could bring in \u00a322.5bn, say HPA UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Heat Pump Association UK (HPA UK) has released a report stating that UK heat pumps could boost the economy by over \u00a310bn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/uk-heat-pumps-could-bring-22-5bn-say-hpa-uk\/158765\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK heat pumps could bring in \u00a322.5bn, say HPA UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Heat Pump Association UK (HPA UK) has released a report stating that UK heat pumps could boost the economy by over \u00a310bn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/uk-heat-pumps-could-bring-22-5bn-say-hpa-uk\/158765\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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