Britain’s emissions cuts hampered by slow heat pump uptake, watchdog says

Britain's progress in cutting emissions in the home heating sector is being hampered by a slow uptake of heat pumps, a parliamentary watchdog said in a report on Monday. Most of Britain’s homes are heated by gas and the home heating sector accounts for around 18% of the country’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. The government hopes replacing gas boilers with electricity-driven heat pumps will play a large role in cutting emissions from the sector.