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'Heat pumps for everyone': Octopus launches 'free' heat pump package (www.businessgreen.com)

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The UK heat pump price wars just cranked up a gear, after Octopus Energy unveiled a new clean heating package which it claims can be delivered at zero cost for some customers that redeem the government's £5,000 grant for low-carbon boiler upgrades.

Revealing its latest offering at a tech summit in London this afternoon, the energy company said its new Cosy Octopus package - which includes a 6kW heat pump, controls, room sensors, service package, and energy tariff - would be available for homes from December.

Installation of the clean heating system would be 'free' for households that do not need any additional work to fit the system in their homes after they have availed themselves of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant, Octopus Energy said.

However, homes that need adjustments, such as new radiators, piping, or hot water tanks, would need to pay around roughly £3,000 to complete the installation, it said.

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Launching the package at the WIRED & Octopus Energy Tech Summit, he added that the Cosy 6 heat pump was "British designed, British manufactured [and] optimised for British homes".

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The heat pump was designed by Jason Cassells, CEO of Octopus Heating, and is the first built entirely in-house by Octopus Energy at a manufacturing site in Northern Ireland.

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[–] jabjoe 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is very interesting. Though I worry with an old heat leaking house like mine, heat pump might have a worse running cost.

[–] uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The heat from a heat pump is significantly less expensive than from other sources. Even if your house leaks heat, thats still true. If you need to have your boiler running all the time because of drafts, it would still help to have that boiler be less expensive to run.

You might get better results fron your money by insulating the house, tho

[–] jabjoe 1 points 1 year ago

I think that is probably all true. I just want numbers. Switching to an EV was easy when I did the maths.

(commute_miles / mpg) * 4.54609 * fuel_price vs (commute_miles / miles_per_kwh) * kwh_price

Then comparing both with: monthly_repayment + monthly_commute_cost

I want to do the same with a heat pump. BUT this free Octopus one isn't big enough for me right now anyway.

[–] nbafantest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally not possible

[–] jabjoe 1 points 1 year ago

I certainly want to believe that because sorting out my insulation is a really big job.

[–] florge 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't there still concerns over the current grid infrastructure not being able to handle ppl switching to heat pumps?

[–] Emperor 2 points 1 year ago

That's still an issue, I believe, but, while this good and something a lot of people might jump on, it'll likely not result in a massive increase in heat pumps as most houses needs thousands of pounds worth of upgrades to get to the point that they could install a heat pump. So it's unlikely to be an issue.