Why there will more heat pumps in Norfolk

I touched on this in my previous post but thought I would go into it in more detail. 

In April 2010 the government introduced the feed in tariffs, which reward people with a tax free return on investment who invest in renewable electrical energy (through things such as solar panels). It is a popular and well recognised scheme, now being in place in around 40 countries.  It was this scheme which caught the attention of Norfolk County Council and largely contributed to their decision to set up an independent energy company to oversee their investment and installation of renewable energy sources. 

Now with the renewable heat incentive, the council will most likely take advantage of this scheme too and installing heat pumps on properties with the surrounding space necessary. How the renewable heat incentive works is by you being paid a fix amount for the heat your renewable energy system generates (the amount you get paid will also depend on the type of technology and its size). So there are likely to be many more heat pumps in Norfolk in the future.