Households using heat pumps use only half the imported energy as those with gas boilers, said the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) think tank.
Heat pumps run on electricity, a higher proportion of which is generated using homegrown energy sources like wind turbines and solar panels. By contrast, much of the UK's gas supply is imported from countries like Norway and the United States.
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