British households are turning to green home energy upgrades in record numbers to try to keep bills down as the Iran crisis sends global oil and gas prices soaring, data from leading energy suppliers suggests. “I’d been paying £250 for 500 litres of heating oil, but this rocketed up to £700 in less than a week. “I was desperate to get a heat pump to protect us from this,” Burgess said. His home already had a water tank, which kept the cost of installing the heat pump system to £1,500 after the government’s £7,500 grant. Burgess also has solar panels and a battery, which now supply electricity to run the heat pump without the need for extra electricity from the grid.

Source: The Guardian April 11, 2026 23:01 UTC