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2024 already best year for heat pump installs

UK: This is now officially the best year on record for certified heat pump installations in the UK.

According to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), the UK’s quality mark for small-scale renewable energy installations, by the end of September over 42,000 certified heat pump installations had been completed this year. This already surpasses the figure of 40,426 certified installations in the whole of 2023.

Average monthly heat pump installations have risen by 39% compared to 2023, bringing the current number of certified heat pump installations in the UK to nearly 260,000. 

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