Guides and insights on solar, heat pumps, insulation and saving energy
ONS data shows 52.7% of North West homes reach EPC band C — just below the England average — but the region spans national best-performers like Knowsley and Salford and…
31 July 2026
A like-for-like oil boiler costs £2,500–£4,500 with no grant. A heat pump could cost less than that net of the £9,000 oil-home uplift — but only in the 21 July…
31 July 2026
Official DESNZ data to May 2026: 130,988 Boiler Upgrade Scheme applications, 84,879 grants paid, applications up 19% year on year — and a £9,000 oil/LPG uplift arriving on 21 July.
31 July 2026
LPG is the most expensive fossil fuel to heat with — and it sits outside Ofgem's price cap. We compare 2026 running costs against heat pumps, oil and electric heating,…
30 July 2026
MCS certified over 57,000 rooftop solar installations in Q1 2026 — the strongest start since 2012 — and the UK has now passed 2 million installations. Here is what the…
30 July 2026
Around 4 million UK homes are off the gas grid. We compare every realistic heating option — heat pumps, oil, LPG, HVO, biomass, storage heaters — on installed cost, grants…
30 July 2026
Q1 2026 heat pump installations dipped 22% year on year, yet Boiler Upgrade Scheme applications are running ahead of 2025. We unpack the official DESNZ and MCS data for the…
29 July 2026
Octopus Energy publishes a typical £4,459 after-grant heat pump price; British Gas quotes after a free survey. We compare the two published packages, warranties, tariffs and Trustpilot data — neutrally.
29 July 2026
The standard heat pump grant stays at £7,500 — but homes currently heated by oil or LPG can claim £9,000 between 21 July 2026 and 31 March 2027. Here is…
28 July 2026
A 2kW fan heater costs about 52p an hour at the July–September 2026 price cap. Here is the full cost table for an evening, a week and a month —…
28 July 2026