As a new government gets to work, we’re looking at successful past policies from across the globe and what UK policymakers can learn from them, as part of our event series: how to make good things happen.
The UK needs to act swiftly to transition to clean heat and meet net-zero targets. Home heating accounts for 15% of total carbon emissions, so replacing our heating systems with low-carbon systems like heat pumps will be crucial. But our heat pump adoption rate is currently too slow - only 1% of heating installations per year are heat pumps.
What can the UK learn from our Nordic neighbours to pick up the pace? In Sweden, the rate of heat pump adoption is high. Despite having one of the coldest climates in Europe, there are more than 40 heat pumps per 100 households and the nation has consistently reached 100,000 installations per year for the last decade.
Nesta's sustainable future mission director Madeleine Gabriel chaired a panel of expert speakers to discuss Sweden's heat pump rollout. We heard from the Principal and Director of European Programmes at the Regulatory Assistance Project Dr Jan Rosenow, CEO of Aira UK Daniel Särefjord, the Chief Executive of the Heat Pump Association Charlotte Lee and Paul Kenny from the European Heat Pump Association.
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