The front-runner in the race to replace our boilers is undoubtedly the heat pump.
In just 12 years' time you won't be able to buy a gas boiler any more.
The government has ordered that sales of new ones will be banned from 2035.
Heating our homes accounts for as much as 16% of the UK's planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.
The truth about heat pumps and the power needed to run them
(don't believe the hype)
read more here
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66359093
watch here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0fzltvd/what-they-really-mean-for-you-series-1-2-heat-pumps
@ecksmc Gas is only cheaper than electricity so long as the Saudis will it so, and Russia needs to fund its war. Solar or wind power is much cheaper. My heat pump heating is free (more accurately, prepaid) and I get cooling to boot - nice in this scorching summer.
In the US it's mostly forced air, and the heat pump is much gentler and quieter than the old gas unit.
@ecksmc I can believe the situation there is very different, particularly the use of radiators which seems much harder to integrate than forced air. Also you have more clouds.
For me the switch came when gas prices went up 10x. Solar panels make electricity "free". It was an easy choice.
@walterbays yeah different things will work in different countries that's for sure
some houses here will benefit if/when they switch here more private owned properties - that said a lot of landlords won't be in any rush to fork out cash to get new radiators etc....
@ecksmc I'd also be annoyed at government forcing on Scotland a solution fitted to California or Spain, or vice versa.
Curious to see how new tethered offshore wind might work there, which promises to bring costs down near that of land based wind power.
I wouldn't give up on solar either. I'm amazed how well our panels work under cloud cover. And they're about twice as efficient as the 20 year old panels we replaced.
@walterbays
not much incentive to get people to switch to them
as well as having to purchase and instal new radiators - find someone who is qualified to actually instal the system isn't easy
you also have this
"Unit for unit, electricity typically costs three times as much as gas.
That means even though your new heat pump is three times as efficient as your gas boiler it costs about the same to run"
take into account where our electric comes from < switching ain't all that "green"