The UK is Europe's heat pump laggard.

What went wrong? How can the UK turn from laggard to leader?

A thread.

13/ Let's zoom in on the Netherlands.

They a) reformed taxes on heating fuels, b) announced that by 2026 no stand-alone fossil heating systems can be installed and c) have grants available. Here's the result. https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/82380NED/barv?dl=69BD9

CBS Statline

@janrosenow don't forget the policy to disallow new gas connections for new builds that was phased in since 2018. That has a big effect on NL HP sales also.