The Clean Heat Market Mechanism is one of the Government’s key tools in supporting the rollout of heat pumps, which in turn are crucial to decarbonising the 17% of UK emissions that are created by heating our homes. The Government-mandated target for heat pump installations is 600,000 by the year 2028 – hitting this target would significantly aid the UK’s transition to net zero. 

Due to have come into effect on 1 April this year, the mechanism would have obliged boiler manufacturers to sell a proportionate amount of heat pumps relative to their boiler sales to help the sector grow. However the introduction of the CHMM was delayed, due in part to considerable lobbying from the oil and gas industry. Consumers need to have confidence in heat pump technology and government policy – and so does the renewables industry. We are urging the new government to commit to introducing the CHMM at the earliest possible date to help build that confidence, and ensure the drive towards net zero and the decarbonisation of heat continues.

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Email your MP to keep the Clean Heat Market Mechanism – a key tool in decarbonising our households.