Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Heat Batteries

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Answering body

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Tabled

4 Sept 2024

Target answer date

9 Sept 2024

Answer

9 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 4 Sept 2024

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will launch a consultation on including heat batteries as part of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

2. 9 Sept 2024

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 9 Sept 2024

   Answer published

   Heat batteries are one of the most promising alternative electric heating technologies, however, they are less efficient than heat pumps and will therefore use more energy to meet the same heating demand. We expect most properties will ultimately switch t...

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.