Going deeper - ground source heating in the UK

As fluctuating gas and electricity prices and bans on fossil fuel heating motivate property developers to seek alternative heating and cooling solutions, Signe Hansen looks at how the UK’s ground source heat pump sector may respond to rising demand.

Industry leaders are predicting that finding experienced drillers to meet increased demand for large scale ground source heating projects will be the biggest challenge of the future (Credit: AW synergy Boreholes)

26 April 2022
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With the closure of the UK government's Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), the nation's ground source heating sector is facing a new market.

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