UK’s home gas boilers emit twice as much CO2 as all power stations – need for policy to rapidly introduce low-carbon heating such as heat pumps

According to a recent country report, the United Kingdom has 26.2 million households, 22 million of which are heated by gas. A study published in the Guardian shows UK’s home gas boilers emit twice as much CO2 as all gas-fired power stations. The finding highlighted the urgent need for a strong government policy to rapidly introduce low-carbon heating such as heat pumps. Moreover, the data also shows that home gas boilers collectively produce eight times as much nitrogen dioxide as power plants. NO2 is an air pollutant linked to tens of thousands of early deaths a year in the UK.