The government is to consult on a range of measures that it says will improve efficiency and save money for households buying gas boilers and heat pumps, including hybrids, and their controls.

New research from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) finds that Texas households that swap out inefficient electric resistance heaters for heat pumps would save an average of more than $300 in utility bills annually. Switching the quarter of Texas houses and apartments that rely on electric resistance heating to heat pumps would reduce peak winter electricity demand by an amount equivalent to the output of 40 new gas-fired power plants. The report calls for Texas policymakers, regulators, and utilities to encourage heat pump adoption at the time existing central air conditioners need to be replaced.

British Columbians are seeing first-hand the costly impacts of more frequent and intense, extreme weather events fuelled by climate change.

The cutting-edge, state-backed project at 345 Hudson could be a model for other big buildings sprinting to comply with the city’s building decarbonization law.

UK government urged to change regulations so new homes incorporate solar panels, heat pump, high-grade insulation and battery storage.

About 70% of people in Japan are considering reducing the use of heat pumps in winter against the backdrop of soaring electricity costs, a recent survey by Daikin Industries Ltd., a major air conditioning unit manufacturer, has revealed.

On September 12, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in collaboration with the Danish Energy Agency and the Danish Embassy, organized a technical seminar on “Consultation on industrial cooling catalogue, ventilation catalogue, heat recovery and heat pump guideline”. This seminar is part of the Energy Partnership programme between Vietnam and Denmark 2020 - 2025 (Depp3), funded by the Danish government.

Measures unlikely to include incentives for people to install devices, which cut bills and emissions

They also decided to stipulate the "decarbonized society by 2050" in the law this coming April 2022. We need to achieve Net Zero 2050 not only diplomatically but also legally.

The previous article described the outline of Japan’s decarbonization policies, the situation of energy and energy-related policies. Heat pumps are recognized as a key technology to the decarbonization of our country. This article will elaborate Japan’s energy-related policies, market and R&D projects related to heat pumps.

Decarbonization is one of the keys to our sustainable society and drastic CO2 emission reduction by expanding the use of heat pumps is expected, accounting for 14% of Japan’s ambitious CO2 reduction target in 2050, according to Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan (HPTCJ)’s latest analysis (see the previous report).

The Glasgow manufacturers responsible for the invention of the world’s largest zero carbon 90ᵒC district heat pump has been shortlisted for a green tech award, with the chance of winning £20,000 to go towards the next project.

Chi Thanh Ice Manufacturing Ltd based in My Tho, Tien Giang is specialized in providing ice for offshore fishing vessels. The technological process mainly uses electric. So energy saving solutions mainly focus on electric efficiency, especially in key consumption areas such as compressors and heat pumps.