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Britain responds to Iran war energy shock by requiring solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes (www.cnbc.com)
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The U.K. government on Tuesday introduced new rules requiring developers to install heat pumps and solar panels in all new homes across England, in policymakers’ latest response to the economic fallout of the Iran conflict.

U.K. ministers say the Iran war and the largest supply disruption in the history of the oil market reinforces the need to leverage clean power as an energy security tool.

The Future Homes Standard — a set of new-build regulations for England from 2028 — will establish requirements to ensure homes are built with on-site renewable electricity generation, the majority of which is expected to be provided by solar power.

The rules will also see homes built with low-carbon heating, such as heat pumps and heat networks.

The government added that plug-in solar panels, which homeowners can install on balconies, would be available within shops over the coming months.

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[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 37 points 3 weeks ago

Shame we didn't do this a decade ago, when Cameron decided we didn't need any of that green crap...

[-] uridl@feddit.org 17 points 3 weeks ago

Lol Germany is right now doing the opposite. You can finally buy an oil hesring for your brand new house. The subsidies for solar panels will be cut. WE are now thinking about fracking 🤡

[-] Mihies@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago

TBH I wouldn't consider Germany being smart when it comes to the energy

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

It was the leading country in terms of solar at home and probably still is. The current government is just on crack.

[-] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

They created huge pollution by switching off nuclear power. And now they are stuck between fossil fuels and renewables. Which still pollutes a lot and it'll hardly get much better, let alone zero emissions. They also bet on h2 only to scrap or postpone it. Which gives what?

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

There we fucking go. Wasn't so hard now was it? Funny how high prices for fossil fuels cut through the bullshit so quickly. That's why I'm loving the oil shock and hope the price never goes back down after the war

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

I disagree with that. High oil prices help to built alternatives, but low ones destroy the oil industry. No profits no new wells. The best thing is to uses taxes to articially create high oil prices, without giving big oil massive profits.

[-] cravl@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Totally agree, just one addition. High prices alone don't create profit, high prices at normal volumes create profit.

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

We need demand destruction via replacement of infrastructure. Notice how all of a sudden things that were deemed too expensive or impractical are suddenly being done without a fight

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, the by-election loss to the Greens must have kick-started something in Starmer's Labour Party...

[-] jafra@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Omg. The Brits put their money on sustainability so they can torture the last surviving humans with their food.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago

All like ten of them? This needs to be accompanied by a massive house construction campaign; there's so little new supply of houses that it's literally causing a housing crisis.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

I tried to get this code changes in Ontario 16 years ago. No one, at all, gave a fuck in government.

[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's ok to to also require EVs.

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