Octopus launches its own Heat Pump

[dan_b]

News article behind the Telegraph Paywall, but handily removed here by 12ft ladder

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fw ... -boiler%2F

[Moxi]

Watching with interest- I will be happy to convert to heat pump when the price is right and they have a suitable idea for external water accumulator otherwise it’s possibly a sun amp linked to the heat pump in a semi traditional set up - I think the sun amp could fit under the stairs.

Let’s hope the price war continues apace - it has to be good for the consumer

Moxi

[NikoV6]

coupled to solar and battery storage would be best I think

Plus properly insulated houses!

[Mr Gus]

Think I had a look & a moan a few months back, when I looked at the prices then, they seemed to be as high as anyone else for a large un(it) wonder what has changed?

[NikoV6]

I think for true mass adoption, a lot of UK housing likely to be not suitable.

Reality for ASHP is they work best in super insulated houses with under floor heating, the vast majority of UK houses simply wont have this.

I am sure many can be made better, additional insulation and possibly ground floor under floor.

But if you do a cost exercise against say £5K for replacement boiler, versus ASHP retrofit with everything to make it economic I suspect most would choose boiler.

All new builds must have south facing aspect, ASHP, up to 5kW solar and battery storage. Got to start somewhere

[nowty]

An Octopus HP install is todays random spot prize for those who opted into todays saving session.

[Mr Gus]

Are they still "wet only" Nowty?

[Swwils]

I think for true mass adoption, a lot of UK housing likely to be not suitable.

Reality for ASHP is they work best in super insulated houses with under floor heating, the vast majority of UK houses simply wont have this.

I am sure many can be made better, additional insulation and possibly ground floor under floor.

But if you do a cost exercise against say £5K for replacement boiler, versus ASHP retrofit with everything to make it economic I suspect most would choose boiler.

All new builds must have south facing aspect, ASHP, up to 5kW solar and battery storage. Got to start somewhere

This is not true and is only because of the whacky market we have. A heat pump doesn't even have to be run "well" to be the most efficient use of energy to heat a space regardless of the source of the base energy. It literally can provide more energy than gas used itself contains even in very "leaky" properties.

Big companies are by far the best placed for heat pump rollouts, individual traders and small outfits obviously were never going to cut it.

[nowty]

Are they still "wet only" Nowty?

Yep.

[Mr Gus]

Jings