Heat pumps: myths, truths and costs
Meet the Highland community where there's no such thing as an electricity bill
![The truths, myths and costs of heat pumps explained](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18126958.jpg)
![The truths, myths and costs of heat pumps explained](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18126958.jpg)
![Vicky Allan tries out VR training equipment at Mitsubishi heat pump training centre](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18141351.jpg)
![Vicky Allan tries out VR training equipment at Mitsubishi heat pump training centre](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18141351.jpg)
![Aerial view of Tromso, Arctic Norway](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18141518.jpg)
![Aerial view of Tromso, Arctic Norway](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18141518.jpg)
![Can the national grid take heat pump Scotland? Or will the lights go out?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18141512.jpg)
![Can the national grid take heat pump Scotland? Or will the lights go out?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18141512.jpg)
!['Private wires from windfarms' could lower electricity costs, says heat pump expert](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18141533.jpg)
!['Private wires from windfarms' could lower electricity costs, says heat pump expert](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18141533.jpg)
![Heat Pumps v Solar Energy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18135300.jpg)
![Heat Pumps v Solar Energy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18135300.jpg)
![Home buyers 'simply aren't ready to pay this premium' for heat pumps](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18134863.jpg)
![Home buyers 'simply aren't ready to pay this premium' for heat pumps](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18134863.jpg)
![How to switch to a clean heat on climate grounds](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18126958.jpg)
![How to switch to a clean heat on climate grounds](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18126958.jpg)
Opinion
![Eigg - the electric revolution of 2008](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18134261.jpg)
![Eigg - the electric revolution of 2008](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18134261.jpg)
![Lord Haughey believes we should lobby the UK Government for a “green tax status” to encourage](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18135322.jpg)
![Lord Haughey believes we should lobby the UK Government for a “green tax status” to encourage](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18135322.jpg)
![Carbon footprint of heat pumps](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18135280.jpg)
![Carbon footprint of heat pumps](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18135280.jpg)
![Logs burn on a wood burning stove](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18130910.jpg)
![Logs burn on a wood burning stove](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18130910.jpg)
![Retired physics teacher Pat Hackett from Portobello with his heat pump](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18126773.jpg)
![Retired physics teacher Pat Hackett from Portobello with his heat pump](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18126773.jpg)
![Ann Quinton of Elvanfoot with her wood burning stove](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18126768.jpg)
![Ann Quinton of Elvanfoot with her wood burning stove](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18126768.jpg)
![Yorkhill quay with map of West 2 Glasgow proposed heat network](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18126778.jpg)
![Yorkhill quay with map of West 2 Glasgow proposed heat network](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18126778.jpg)
![The bonfire was in someone's back garden](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18021502.jpg)
![The bonfire was in someone's back garden](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18021502.jpg)
![The truths, myths and costs of heat pumps explained](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18126958.jpg)
![The truths, myths and costs of heat pumps explained](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18126958.jpg)
![Heat pump installations in Scotland mapped](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18124893.jpg)
![Heat pump installations in Scotland mapped](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18124893.jpg)
![The Herald is dedicating our new series to home heating](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18124817.jpg)
![The Herald is dedicating our new series to home heating](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18124817.jpg)
![Ann Quinton of Elvanfoot with her wood-burning stove STY VA..Picture Gordon Terris Herald & Times..24/5/24.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18123994.jpg)
![Ann Quinton of Elvanfoot with her wood-burning stove STY VA..Picture Gordon Terris Herald & Times..24/5/24.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18123994.jpg)
Analysis
![Achieving net zero and reducing our carbon footprint](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18105756.jpg)
![Achieving net zero and reducing our carbon footprint](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18105756.jpg)
![Heat pump installation - do consumers have clarity](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17094508.jpg)
![Heat pump installation - do consumers have clarity](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17094508.jpg)
Dr Nicholas Harrington
![Dr Jane May Morrison pictured with her heat pump at her ground floor tenement flat in the Southside of Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18124870.jpg)
![Dr Jane May Morrison pictured with her heat pump at her ground floor tenement flat in the Southside of Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18124870.jpg)
![Measuring sound levels on a kettle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18124839.jpg)
![Measuring sound levels on a kettle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18124839.jpg)
![Heat Pumps: Myths, Truths and Costs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18117554.jpg)
![Heat Pumps: Myths, Truths and Costs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18117554.jpg)
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