Question reference: S6W-07402
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 18 March 2022
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 29 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any research that it has carried out into the cost of heat pump energy systems.
Answer
Capital and running costs of heat pumps vary depending on building type and characteristics. Over the last year, the Scottish Government has commissioned and published via ClimateXChange two research projects into the costs and performance of heat pumps:
1. Costs of zero emissions heating in new buildings (climatexchange.org.uk) (April 2021)
2. Heat pump use in Scotland: an evidence review (climatexchange.org.uk) (October 2021)
In addition, Scottish Government analysts draw on a range of modelling and real-world data, including analysis produced by the UK Committee on Climate Change, and the National Household Model. This informed the analytical annex to the Fuel Poverty Strategy published in December 2021, available at: fuel-poverty-strategy-analytical-annex.pdf (www.gov.scot)