Europe looks to heat pumps as Russian war accelerates pivot from gas boilers
An engineer testing a heat pump at Octopus Energy’s training center in Slough, England. Source: Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe via Getty Images The transformation of Europe’s residential heating sector — the continent’s largest gas consumption setting — is moving into policy focus amid surging gas prices and commitments to pivot away from Russian energy imports. More than 40% of Europe’s gas usage is from residential heating, exceeding that of industry and the electric utility sector. Some countries already have introduced …