Rising number of UK homes installing heat pumps and solar panels but still 'unaffordable' for most

Around 18,000 heat pumps and 120,000 solar panels have been installed so far in 2023 but subsidies aren’t enough to encourage more households.

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00:00 [Music]

00:19 Electricity consumption costs have dropped like a stone.

00:23 We're going green, saving our planet.

00:26 We've also got electric cars.

00:28 This installation probably costs us a little more than it used to cost me to fill my car.

00:35 So we're fairly pleased.

00:38 [Music]

01:05 Close look at those figures. It's going to be people who are that bit wealthier.

01:10 They are not the households that are struggling the most with the cost of living crisis.

01:14 They are not the households that struggle the most to heat their homes to a safe and comfortable level.

01:19 [Music]