Dr Matthew Aylott

@renewablewriter

Electrification of Heat Policy Lead in @EnergyGovUK. Policy Fellow @CSciPol. Spreading news & views on energy. Tweeting in a personal capacity.

London, UK Joined April 2011

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Dr Matthew Aylott @renewablewriter Jan 21

Today we've published the Warm Homes Plan. The Plan details how we will help reduce energy bills and transform our housing stock by upgrading millions of homes up and down the UK with solar panels, batteries, heat pumps & insulation 👉gov.uk/government/pub…

www.gov.uk Warm Homes Plan This plan sets out how we will cut energy bills and upgrade homes.

Dr Matthew Aylott @renewablewriter Nov 18, 2025

Ahead of publishing the Warm Homes Plan:

🏡 We've announced that the Boiler Upgrade Scheme will expand to support air to air heat pumps & heat batteries gov.uk/government/con…

🏢 We're also consulting on the future role of alternative clean heat tech gov.uk/government/con…

www.gov.uk Boiler Upgrade Scheme and certification requirements for clean heat schemes We're seeking views on proposed amendments to the existing Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) and to certification requirements for BUS and other clean heat schemes.

Dr Matthew Aylott @renewablewriter Jun 24, 2025

The UK Govt is putting heat pumps at the heart of its Industrial Strategy. Published yesterday the 'Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan' list heat pumps as 1 of 6 areas with highest growth potential & commits to a 10 point action plan to grow the sector: gov.uk/government/pub…

www.gov.uk Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan The UK's plan to create investment, growth, and good jobs in clean energy industries, as part of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.

Dr Matthew Aylott @renewablewriter May 9, 2025

We've published new legislation to relax rules around permitted development for heat pumps. Changes will come into effect from 29 May and should make it easier for consumers to install a heat pump without a full planning application.

For more info visit: legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/560/…

Dr Matthew Aylott @renewablewriter Apr 30, 2025

Today we've announced new measures to help UK consumers switch from fossil fuels to low carbon heating, including proposals to extend grants to new tech like heat batteries and air-to-air heat pumps, and further investment in the heat pump supply chain -> gov.uk/government/new…

www.gov.uk Families to get more choice over home upgrades Proposals to give families greater choice when upgrading their home's heating as well as plans to create up to 18,000 training places for green jobs.