According to a new analysis carried out by Frontier Economics, the Government is on track to insulate just one sixth of the homes needed to meet its target of reducing energy consumption by 15 per cent.
WWF UK and ScottishPower said there is a “substantial gap” emerging between what is on course to be delivered and what is needed to reach the Government’s target.
As well as five million more homes insulated by 2030, the analysis estimates that 1.5 million homes will need heat pumps instead of gas boilers with a further 600,000 homes connected to low-carbon heat networks.
The Government has made £288m available as part of its Green Heat Network Fund, which awards cash to those building systems that take heat from air, solar, or geothermal energy and provide it to multiple homes, removing the need for individual gas boilers.
WWF and ScottishPower, who commissioned the report, said the Government needs to “step up” its plans in order to reach more homes...