Most energy plans going to 2030 see heat pumps as playing an important role in the market for low-carbon domestic heating, cooling and hot water.

After a period of considerable ambiguity, policymakers have now started to implement comprehensive district heating strategies throughout Europe.

"Renewables don't work because the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow" ..until now. Investigating what is likely to become the final answer to the issue of intermittency.

Its difficult to overstate the rapid reduction in the cost of renewable energy, and there doesn't seem to be an end to price declines in sight with renewables now making up two-thirds of new energy investment globally.