England and Wales expand heat pump grant for oil-heated homes

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Heat pump grant for oil-heated homes

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From 21 July, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant for oil-heated homes in England and Wales rises 20% to £9,000 for heat pump installations.
The Social Housing Fund receives a £100 million boost this financial year to support up to 57,000 solar installations for English households.
Great British Energy will extend rooftop solar support to 100 additional schools and colleges, with the Warm Homes Plan targeting millions of households and job creation.

Grant increase targets rural heating switch

As reported by GOV.UK, thousands of households on heating oil across England and Wales will be eligible for £9,000 to install a heat pump under an expanded Boiler Upgrade Scheme from 21 July.

The increase lifts the grant by 20% from £7,500 and is aimed at helping rural homes move away from oil-based heating. The government says the change will electrify home heating, shield families from fossil fuel price spikes and provide greater certainty over energy costs.

Leaflets are being delivered this week to 200,000 eligible homes in England and Wales with details on how to claim the additional funding. Energy Consumers Minister Martin McCluskey says the government is trying to bring down energy bills and that households relying on heating oil have been hit particularly hard by the war in the Middle East.

Broader clean energy support expands

The heat pump measure sits alongside wider home energy policies announced earlier this year by the Energy Secretary to reduce household bills and expand clean domestic power.

The Social Housing Fund is receiving a £100 million boost to support up to 57,000 solar installations for households in England during this financial year. The government says the measures are expected to cut bills by hundreds of pounds and help up to one million homes reach EPC C.

The government is also backing Great British Energy to extend rooftop solar support to a further 100 schools and colleges this year. Under the wider Warm Homes Plan, ministers say clean technologies are being rolled out to millions of households while supporting thousands of jobs.

Our earlier article on the government-backed green home loan scheme explained how UK homeowners and landlords could access subsidised bank finance for upgrades such as heat pumps and solar panels, with the state covering up to 20% of the loan principal to help lower interest rates. We noted the programme was designed to close a funding gap left by existing grants and make low-carbon technologies more affordable for households facing high energy bills.

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